By Melissa Angell (Sept. 20, 2021, 10:56 p.m. EDT) – A California federal judge on Monday dismissed Greenpeace’s lawsuit accusing Walmart Inc. of falsely labeling certain products as recyclable, ruling that the nonprofit nonprofit organization was not decent as it was not shown reliance on the accuracy of Walmart’s recycling illustrations.
In a four-page decision granting Walmart’s motion to dismiss, U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney threw back Greenpeace’s first amended complaint after finding that the group had failed to demonstrate that its staff relied on the statements by Walmart as true when they opened an investigation into recycling claims.
Judge Chesney stated that Greenpeace’s allegations were only made on Walmart’s alleged …
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