Cobra Sexual Energy Class Action Tossed by Supreme Court (1)

Feb. 26, 2019, 3:14 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 26, 2019, 7:35 PM UTC

The U.S. Supreme Court tossed a suit over a dietary supplement on Tuesday, finding that a lower court erred in reinstating a class action over the aphrodisiac effects of Cobra Sexual Energy.

The case ultimately didn’t turn on complaints about the product, but instead centered on the issue of when courts can extend appellate deadlines.

Courts can’t set aside the 14-day deadline for filing a notice of appeal of a class certification decision for fairness concerns, the justices said in the unanimous opinion authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

That means that there is no second bite at the apple for ...

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