DISCLAIMER: Any unofficial case summaries below are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
221796P.pdf 07/31/2023 Anastasia Wullschleger v. Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 22-1796
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
[PUBLISHED] [Stras, Author, with Kelly and Erickson, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Class Actions. For the court's prior opinion in the matter,
see Wullschleger v. Royal Canin, U.S.A., Inc., 953 F.3d 519 (8th Cir.
2020), holding plaintiff's antitrust and unjust enrichment claims had
important federal ingredients requiring explication of federal law and
making it error to remand the matter to state court. On remand, plaintiff
eliminated every reference to federal law, but the district court refused
to remand the case, finding federal-question jurisdiction still existed.
The court eventually granted defendants' motion to dismiss, leading to
this appeal. The court finds, however, that the elimination of all federal
claims in the complaint destroyed federal jurisdiction, and the district
court erred in dismissing the case; remanded to the district court with
directions to remand the case to state court.