Pet Owners Win High Court Dispute on Venue in Dog Food Fight (1)

The US Supreme Court sided with pet owners trying to keep their class action over prescription dog and cat food in Missouri state court.

In a unanimous decision Wednesday, the court said pet owners eliminated the federal court’s ability to hear the dispute when they amended their lawsuit to remove the federal questions they had originally raised.

The remaining state-law claims “are ill-suited to federal adjudication,” Justice Elena Kagan said in her opinion.

Anastasia Wullschleger and Geraldine Brewer filed their class action against Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc. and Nestlé Purina PetCare Company in state court in 2019. They alleged the ...