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BUCHHOLTZ v. SWIFT & CO.

Nos. 78-1559, 78-1573, 78-1596.

609 F.2d 317 (1979)

Charles N. BUCHHOLTZ and Lester J. Tauer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. SWIFT & COMPANY, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 7, 1979.

Certiorari Denied January 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Bowlus, of Cotton, Watt, Jones, King & Bowlus, Chicago, Ill., for AFL-CIO.

Vance B. Grannis, Jr., of Grannis & Grannis, South St. Paul, Minn., for Swift & Co.; Roger N. Knutson, South St. Paul, Minn., on briefs.

Robert J. King, of Hvass, Weisman & King, Minneapolis, Minn., for Buchholtz and Tauer; Reed K. Mackenzie, Minneapolis, Minn., Thomas P. Lewis, Lexington Ky., and Robert F. Collins, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, ROSS, Circuit Judge, and VAN SICKLE, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 7, 1979.

Certiorari Denied January 7, 1980. See 100 S.Ct. 672.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Swift & Company (Swift) and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (Amalgamated) appeal from an adverse judgment in the district court, after a trial to the court, which held them liable for over $1,000,000 in damages.

The plaintiffs are a class of former Swift employees who...

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