Amazon Is Shielded From Suit Over Sellers’ Environmental Claims

Planet Green Cartridges Inc. failed to revive its suit alleging Amazon.com Inc. is liable for third-party sellers falsely representing ink cartridges as recyclable, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday.

Amazon is shielded by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from Planet Green’s false advertising claims since the online retailer merely publishes the third parties’ alleged misleading statements, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion affirming a lower court’s dismissal.

Planet Green, which remanufactures ink cartridges, alleged third-party sellers on Amazon were selling inauthentic clone ink cartridges that were falsely advertised as remanufactured or ...