STRICKLAND v. FLUE-CURED TOBACCO CO-OP.

Civ. A. No. 86-311-3.

643 F.Supp. 310 (1986)

Draxel P. STRICKLAND, Jack Grainger, Charles Freeman and James H. Roberts, Plaintiffs, v. FLUE-CURED TOBACCO COOPERATIVE STABILIZATION CORPORATION, the American Tobacco Company, the Austin Company, Inc., Austin-Carolina Co., Inc., Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., Carolina Leaf International Corporation, Dibrell Brothers, Incorporated, Export Leaf Tobacco Company, Gallaher, Ltd., Imperial Tobacco Group, Limited, Liggett Group, Inc., Lorillard, Inc., A.C. Monk & Company, Inc., Phillip Morris, Incorporated, Mullins Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (R.J. Reynolds, Inc.), J.P. Taylor Company, Incorporated, Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Incorporated, C.W. Walters Company, Incorporated, T.S. Ragsdale Company, Inc., Richard E. Lyng, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Commodity Credit Corporation, ABC Corporation, John Doe and Richard Roe, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina.

Judgment August 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.N. Zeigler, P.O. Drawer 150, Florence, S.C., for plaintiffs.

James K. Dorsett, Jr., Nigel (Tex) B. Barrow, Jr., Raleigh, N.C., D. Laurence McIntosh, Florence, S.C., for Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corp.

Daniel O. Neil, Paul Pennoyer, Chadbourne & Parker, New York City, H. Simmons Tate, Jr., Boyd, Knowlton, Tate & Finlay, Columbia, S.C., for American Brands, Inc. The American Tobacco Co., Gallaher, Ltd.

Ray V. Hartwell, III, Robert Brooks, Virginia Powell, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., Mark W. Buyck, Jr., Wilcox Law Firm, Florence, S.C., for The Austin Co., Inc., Austin-Carolina Co., Inc., Carolina Leaf Tobacco Com'n Inc., Carolina Leaf Intern. Corp., Dribrell Brothers, Inc., A.C. Monk & Co., Inc., and C.W. Walters Co., Inc.

Norwood Robinson, Michael L. Robinson, Petree, Stockton & Robinson, Winston-Salem, N.C., Hubert E. Yarborough, III, C. Diane Smock, Yarborough, Moore & Smock, Greenville, S.C., for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and Export Leaf Tobacco Co.

Z. Hardy Rose, Rose, Jones, Rand & Orcutt, P.A., Wilson, N.C., Mark W. Buyck, Jr., Wilcox Law Firm, Florence, S.C., for Imperial Tobacco Group, Ltd.

Joe Rogers, Marion S. Riggs, Rogers & Riggs, Manning, S.C., for Liggett Group, Inc.

Joseph W. Gleb, Jay Fastow, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Barney O. Smith, Jr., Rita McKinney, Greenville, S.C., for Lorillard, Inc.

Bruce L. Montgomery, Timothy J. Lindon, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Henry Smythe, Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, S.C., for Phillip Morris, Inc.

W.G. Champion Mitchell, Mark N. Poovey, Martin L. Holton, III, Gary W. Jackson, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, N.C., David L. Freeman, Henry L. Parr, Jr., Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, Greenville, S.C., Saunders M. Bridges, Sr., Bridges & Orr, Florence, S.C., for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (R.J. Reynolds, Inc.)

Mark W. Buyck, Jr., Wilcox Law Firm, Florence, S.C., for T.S. Ragsdale Co., Inc.

Samuel W. Hixon, III, Walter J. McGray, Margaret I. Bascigal, Williams, Mullen & Christian, Richmond, Va., William M. Grant, Jr., Bryan F. Hickey, Haynsworth Law Firm, Greenville, S.C., for J.P. Taylor Co., Inc. and Universal Leaf Tobacco Co., Inc.

David H. White, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., John B. Grimball, Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., Paul Wilburn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Greenville, S.C., for Richard E. Lyng, Sec. of Agriculture of the U.S. Commodity Credit Corp.


ORDER

GEORGE ROSS ANDERSON, Jr., District Judge.

Given the public interest in this action and in the interest of time, the Court issued an Order dated July 31, 1986, dismissing this case pursuant to Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Court hereby issues this detailed Order providing the reasons for its decision.

FINDINGS OF FACT

The plaintiffs are growers of flue-cured tobacco. They brought this...

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