Legal Opinion
Employees' Ret. Sys. of Haw. v. Whole Foods Mkt., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 3, 2018No. 17-50840PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Whole Foods Market, Inc.-an international grocery-store chain specializing in organic products-recently ran into trouble with several state and local consumer-protection agencies for weights-and-measures violations. On multiple occasions, Whole Foods admitted to mislabeling prepackaged foods such that it charged consumers for more food than the packages actually contained, in violation of national standards and local laws.
Whole Foods subsequently faced lawsuits from or on behalf of consumers who overpaid. This is not such a case. Rather, the plaintiffs in this putative…
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