Legal Opinion

Kathy Haywood v. Massage Envy Franchising, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 10, 2018No. 17-2402PublishedCited by 398 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bauer, Circuit Judge.

Kathy Haywood and Lia Holt filed this putative class action alleging that Massage Envy Franchising, LLC ("Massage Envy"), committed unfair and deceptive business practices by advertising and selling one-hour massages but providing massages that lasted only 50 minutes. They now appeal from the district court's order granting Massage Envy's motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Massage Envy is a franchisor based in Scottsdale, Arizona, that grants licenses to independently owned and operated…

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