Legal Opinion

Max Gerboc v. ContextLogic, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided August 16, 2017No. 16-4734PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

THAPAR, Circuit Judge.

As best we can tell, Max Gerboc is happy with the $27 speakers he bought from Wish.com. Yet he wants back 90% of what he paid for them. He does not say that they sound bad, that they are worth less than what he paid, or that he was tricked into buying them. Rather, he thinks that Wish used an unfair advertising ploy, to sell them. On the website, the speakers’ purchase price was juxtaposed with a different price: $300. But that number was crossed out, implying that Gerboc was getting a good deal. Gerboc now argues that the deal was an illusion, that Wish’s ploy…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Mcpherson v. KelseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  2. Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. KnowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. Hambleton v. R.G. Barry Corp.Ohio Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Ansfield v. Omnicare, Inc. (In Re Omicare, Inc. Securities Litigation)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2014
  5. In Re City of Memphis, West Tennessee Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Zellner Construction Company, Inc. v. City of MemphisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  5. Wuerth v. Nationwide Energy Partners, L.L.C.Ohio Court of Appeals · 2023

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