No. 24A510

Sprout Foods, Inc. v. Gillian Davidson, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-25
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: circuit-split fdca-preemption food-labeling nlea private-enforcement sherman-law
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state law that wholesale incorporates federal food labeling regulations as its own requirements can circumvent the Food and Drug Administration's Cosmetic Act's express ban on private enforcement by transforming those federal requirements into independent "parallel state requirements" under the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state law claim that incorporates federal food labeling regulations by reference creates a private right of action that circumvents the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act's prohibition on private enforcement

Docket Entries

2024-11-26
Application (24A510) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 8, 2025.
2024-11-20
Application (24A510) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 9, 2024 to January 8, 2025, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Sprout Foods, Inc.
Lee Allen MickusEvans Fears Schuttert McNulty Mickus, Petitioner