Legal Opinion

Stansfield v. Minute Maid Co.

District Court, N.D. Florida

Decided August 13, 2015No. Case No. 4:14cv290-MW/CASPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

MARK E. WALKER, District Judge.

In this proposed class action, Plaintiffs Andrew E. Stansfield and Michael Stephen Matthews assert that the label of a juice drink produced by Minute Maid Company and the Coca-Cola Company (“Defendants”) is misleading. Defendants moved to dismiss the first amended complaint. This Court considered the matter without hearing. This order grants the motion to dismiss the first amended complaint because these state-law claims are preempted by federal law.

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The standards for considering a motion to dismiss are well-established. Federal Rule of Civil…

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