PICKETT v. TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.

No. CIV. 96-A-1103-N.

315 F.Supp.2d 1172 (2004)

Henry Lee PICKETT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

April 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Clay Allen, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Whatley Drake LLC, Ernest Clayton Hornsby, Jr., Morris Haynes & Hornsby, Birmingham, AL, David A. Domina, Nora M. Kane, Domina Law PC, Omaha, NE, Larry Wade Morris, Morris, Haynes & Hornsby, Alexander City, AL, Pierce Jackson Harris, Jr., Beard & Beard, Guntersville, AL, Stephen K. Griffith, Knight Griffith McKenzie Knight McLeroy & Little LLP, Cullman, AL, for Plaintiffs.

Randy Beard, Beard & Beard, Guntersville, AL, for Plaintiffs and Amicus. John E. Bloomquist, Doney, Crowley & Bloomquist, P.C., Helena, MT, David G. Velde, Gaffaney & Velde, Alexandria, MN, Charles F. Holum, Denver, CO, Page Dringman, Dringman & Redmon, Big Timber, MT, Jay N. Galt, Marjorie McCullough Galt, White, Coffey, Galt & Fite, Oklahoma City, OK, Robert Dudley Blackman, Colorado Cattlemen's Association, Pueblo, CO, David A. Bradsky, Bradsky, Bradsky & Bradsky, PC, Rapid City, SD, Gordon W. Schnell, Mackoff Kellogg Law Firm, Dickinson, ND, Lynn A. Hayes, Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., St. Paul, MN, Richard A. Carlson, Filer, ID, Scott Polikov, Austin, TX, Kenneth E. Vines, U.S. Attorney's Office, Montgomery, AL, for Amicus.

Bartholomew L. McLeay, Thomas J. Kenny, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE, Charles W. Douglas, Louis E. Fogel, Susan A. Stone, William H. Baumgartner, Jr., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Patrick J. Heneghan, Schopf & Weiss, Chicago, IL, Frank Robert Volpe, Jay T. Jorgensen, Kristin G. Koehler, Mark Daniel Hopson, Thomas C. Green, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, George Walton Walker, III, Lee Hall Copeland, Richard Hamilton Gill, Copeland Franco Screws & Gill, Montgomery, AL, Nathan Hodne, Tyson Foods, Inc., Asst. General Counsel, Springdale, AR, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

STROM, Senior District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on defendant Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.'s motion for judgment as a matter of law, or for new trial (Filing No. 664), filed with the Court on February 25, 2004.

I. Background

Trial of this case began on January 12, 2004. On January 30, 2004, plaintiffs rested and defendant moved for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure...

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