MEAT PRICE INVESTIGATORS ASS'N v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC.

Civ. No. 76-252-2.

448 F.Supp. 1 (1977)

MEAT PRICE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, MBPXL Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Flavorland Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Spencer Foods, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Iowa, Central Division.

June 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lex Hawkins, Glenn L. Norris, Hawkins, Hedberg & Ward, Des Moines, Iowa, John A. Cochrane, John E. Thomas, Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Stephen F. Avery, Cornwall & Avery, Spencer, Iowa, Gordon G. Busdicker, James B. Loken, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant Spencer Foods, Inc.

Bernard B. Marks, Gerald Kraai, Shull, Marshall & Marks, Sioux City, Iowa, (Charles Naylor, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Flavorland Industries, Inc., Denver, Colo.), and Jeffrey J. Scott, Gareth Morris, Kutak, Rock, Cohen, Campbell, Garfinkle & Woodward, Omaha, Neb., for defendant Flavorland Industries, Inc.

Herschel G. Langdon, Richard G. Langdon, Herrick, Langdon, Belin, Harris, Langdon & Helmick, Des Moines, Iowa, Edward W. Rothe, Lee A. Freeman, Sr., Freeman, Rothe, Freeman & Salzman, James Malysiak, Chicago, Ill., and Wm. L. Heubaum, Gen. Counsel, Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Dakota City, Neb., for defendant Iowa Beef Processors, Inc.

John A. McClintock, Hansen, Wheatcraft & McClintock, Des Moines, Iowa, and Leslie H. Williams, Gen. Counsel, MBPXL Corp., Wichita, Kan., Charles L. Bacon, John C. Dods, James T. Newsom, Steven C. Parrish, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, Mo., for defendant MBPXL Corp.


ORDER

HANSON, Chief Judge.

The Court has before it the April 11, 1977 motion of defendant Spencer Foods, Inc., seeking severance pursuant to Rule 21 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and a disqualification of plaintiffs' counsel, Lex Hawkins, John Cochrane and their respective law firms, from prosecuting the severed action or any related or similar action against Spencer Foods. Said motion, which alleges a violation by plaintiffs' counsel of Disciplinary...

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