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Litigation

Jun. 12, 2013

San Jose judge sets up roadblock for plaintiff's lawyers in food labeling case

A group of plaintiff's attorneys who have filed dozens of food labeling cases in the Northern District of California hit a bump this week when a federal judge refused to certify a class of juice drinkers claiming to have been misled.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A group of plaintiffs' attorneys who have filed dozens of food labeling cases in the Northern District hit a bump this week when a federal judge refused to certify a class of juice drinkers claiming to have been misled.


U.S. District Judge Edward J. Davila said Monday that the plaintiff, who bought five different beverages from Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., could not sweep entire product lines...

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