MEAT PRICE INVESTIGATORS ASS'N v. SPENCER FOODS

No. 77-1605.

572 F.2d 163 (1978)

MEAT PRICE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION et al., Appellees, v. SPENCER FOODS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, and Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, MBPXL Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, and Flavorland Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon G. Busdicker (on brief), Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellant; James B. Loken, Minneapolis, Minn., and Stephen F. Avery of Cornwall & Avery, Spencer, Iowa, on brief.

Lex Hawkins (argued), and Glenn L. Norris, Des Moines, Iowa, and John A. Cochrane (argued), St. Paul, Minn., on brief, for appellees.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSS, Circuit Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court's order denying a motion for severance of defendant Spencer Foods, Inc., from this antitrust action and to disqualify Meat Price Investigators Association's (MPIA) attorneys, Lex Hawkins and John A. Cochrane, their law firms and associates, from prosecuting this or any similar action against Spencer Foods. We affirm.

I.

On August 10, 1976, MPIA...

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