The Supreme Court refused on Nov. 14 to hear StarKist’s appeal of a lower court ruling certifying a price-fixing lawsuit filed against it as a class action.
Reston, Virginia-based StarKist, which is owned by South Korea’s Dongwon Industries, produces packaged tuna fish for the mass market.
It’s being sued by several individuals—as well as grocery chains, restaurants, and caterers—for allegedly fixing the price of tuna sold between 2011 and 2013 in the United States.
StarKist, Bumble Bee, and three tuna industry executives entered guilty pleas to criminal conspiracy to fix prices.
The case is StarKist Co. v. Olean Wholesale Grocery Cooperative, (court file 22-131)….