Walnut Producers of California v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

Opinion

NICHOLSON, Acting P. J.

Plaintiffs, producers of walnuts, appeal the trial court’s order striking all class action allegations from their complaint. Plaintiffs claim that a class action waiver in their arbitration agreements with defendant, a walnut processor, was unconscionable. The trial court disagreed with their argument, as do we. We affirm the trial court’s order.

ALLEGATIONS

For purposes of this appeal, we assume all factual allegations in the complaint are true.

Plaintiff Walnut Producers of California (Producers) is a nonprofit cooperative marketing association. Its members áre…