Canned Tuna Price-Fixing Case: Nonprofits Push for Court to Keep Class Action Certification
A trio of nonprofit consumer advocacy groups is pushing against an appeal from top tuna companies looking to challenge class certifications in the canned tuna price-fixing lawsuit.
The American Antitrust Institute (AAI), Public Citizen and the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL) all filed amicus briefs urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the current class certification in a case involving Tri-Union Seafoods d.b.a Chicken of the Sea, Bumble Bee Foods and StarKist.
Currently, the classes stand as follows, per the defense...
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