SPARTAN GRAIN & MILL CO. v. AYERS

No. 76-2845.

581 F.2d 419 (1978)

SPARTAN GRAIN & MILL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Virgil AYERS et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants. Joe ACKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. SPARTAN GRAIN & MILL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Butters, Atlanta, Ga., J. Vincent Cook, Athens, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Jerre B. Swann, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before WISDOM, TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Chicken feed transactions in northeastern Georgia produced this important antitrust litigation involving integrated poultry operations. Spartan Grain & Milling Company (Spartan), a seller of chicken feed, sued chicken producers (Virgil Ayers, W. C. Meaders, Jr., Boyce Blackmon, and Joe Acker) for the unpaid balances of their feed bills. The producers counterclaimed, maintaining that Spartan had violated several provisions of the antitrust...

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