The fast food chain will have to face a class action alleging the company broke antitrust laws because the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear McDonald’s elegance of a lower court decision this year.
The steak chain was sued in 2017 for violating franchise owners ‘ no-poaching partnerships, which reportedly restricted their ability to work from home. Following a lower court’s rejection, the suggested class action lawsuit was revived by the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Loop.
The Supreme Court denied the plea for appellate, or evaluation, in the case of McDonald’s USA LLC v. Deslandes in an anonymous attempt on March 18. No judges dissented. The judge did not explain its selection. To move the case forward to the dental argument stage, at least four of the nine judges had cast a ballot.
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