Cobra Sexual Energy Pill Likely to Escape Class Action (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed likely to derail a class action about the effectiveness of a sexual energy supplement after argument Nov. 27.

The case is part of the court’s recent efforts to clarify earlier “drive-by” jurisdictional rulings, in which previous courts used the term “jurisdiction” loosely, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said during oral argument. Truly jurisdictional deadlines can’t be lengthened for fairness reasons, though the court has yet to decide if certain court-made time limits can be set aside.

Here, the court took the case to decide whether the non-jursidictional limit in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ...