Jones v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

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An order to stay the appeal was granted pending the Supreme Court's resolution of Microsoft Corp. v. Baker.

In its brief, the Chamber asked the Ninth Circuit to affirm the district court’s ruling which correctly refused to certify a class of purchasers of certain Hunt’s canned tomato products dating back to 2008. The brief argues that members of the putative class—consumers who bought a few particular cans bearing allegedly misleading labels—cannot be identified through objective evidence such as receipts. The brief goes on to assert that accordingly, the proposed class fails that ascertainability requirement implicit in Rule 23.

Andrew J. Pincus, Archis Parasharami, and Daniel E. Jones of Mayer Brown, LLP represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as co-counsel to the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center in this case.