US appeals court weighs remand in 5-Hour Energy Robinson-Patman case
By Clayton Vickers and Alex Wilts ( October 27, 2026, 21:48 GMT | Insight) -- A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is weighing whether to remand a lower court's ruling in a Robinson-Patman Act case in which wholesalers were found to have failed to show antitrust injury by Living Essentials, the maker of energy drink 5-Hour Energy.A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is weighing whether to remand a lower court's ruling in a Robinson-Patman Act case, in which the district court found that wholesalers failed to show antitrust injury by Living Essentials, the maker of energy drink 5-Hour Energy....
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