No. 20-220

VBS Distribution, Inc., et al. v. Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (4)Response Waived
Tags: actual-injury article-three circuit-split civil-rights due-process false-advertising lanham-act standing uniform-application
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a plaintiff in a false-advertising case must demonstrate "actual injury" to state a claim under the Lanham Act.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision to apply an aberrant and erroneous legal standard to this case through a non-precedential memorandum disposition is consistent with Article III and the Due Process Clause.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff in a false-advertising case must demonstrate 'actual injury' to state a claim under the Lanham Act

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Law Office of J. Edward Niehaus GRANTED.
2020-10-05
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Erwin Chemerinsky GRANTED.
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-24
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Erwin Chemerinsky. (Distributed)
2020-09-23
Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by The Law Office of J. Edward Niehaus. (Distributed)
2020-09-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-09-01
Waiver of right of respondent Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc., et al. to respond filed.
2020-08-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
Anne Margaret VoigtsKing & Spalding LLP, Amicus
Law Office J Edward Niehaus PLLC
Jason Edward NiehausBodkin Niehaus Dorris & Jolley, Amicus
Nutrivita Laboratories, Inc., et al.
R. Joseph TrojanTrojan Law Offices, Respondent
VBS Distribution, Inc., et al.
James Stephen AzadianDykema Gossett LLP, Petitioner