NEW YORK (AP) — Pictures of mice lounging around an anti-rodent device designed to make them flee were cited by a judge who let a class-action lawsuit proceed Wednesday against a company that sells and markets them.

"It is often said that a picture is worth a thousand words," U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley III wrote above three pictures depicting mice near and, in one case, resting on top of the device. "And, in this case, three photographs from a study conducted by plaintiffs' expert are worth even more."

Then he noted that lawyers had submitted over 42,000 words to try to convince him...