IN RE BEEF IND. ANTITRUST LIT. — MDL DOCKET NO. 248

Nos. 82-1433 to 82-1437.

710 F.2d 216 (1983)

In re BEEF INDUSTRY ANTITRUST LITIGATION — MDL DOCKET NO. 248. A.L. BLACK, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ALBERTSON'S, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. R. Dirk AGEE, a/k/a Shoshone Indian Tribe of Duckwater, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. MEAT PRICE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATION, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ronald BECKER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. PONY CREEK CATTLE COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Richard S. LOWE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell V. Summerhays, Summerhays, Runyan & McLelland, W. Andrew Clawson, Edward T. Wells, Salt Lake City, Utah, for R. Dirk Agee, et al. a/k/a Shoshone Indian Tribe of Duckwater, John T. Bean, et al., Chaparral Cattle Corp., et al., A.D. Lee, et al., Durward W. Lewter, et al., Mrs. J.V. McAdoo, et al., Burke Petersen, et al., Sagebrush Cattlefeeders, et al., Seven Rivers Cattle Co., et al., Trigg Cattle Co., et al., John O. Varian, et al., Wagon Rod Ranch, et al.

Robert D. Paul, Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., for the Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.

Burt A. Braverman, Cole, Raywid & Braverman, Frances J. Chetwynd, Washington, D.C., for Ronald Becker-DC, et al., Richard Lowe, et al., MPIA-DC, et al.

James W. Witherspoon, Witherspoon, Aikin & Langley, James E. Elliott, Hereford, Tex., for A.L. Black, et al.

Thomas F. Curnin, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, Denis McInerney, New York City, for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc.

Jess B. Hawley, Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, Wayne B. Slaughter, Boise, Idaho, for Albertson's Inc.

Benjamin M. Quigg, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, James J. Rodgers, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Stores Co.

Roy Lewis Shults, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., for Arden-Mayfair, Inc.

Donald B. Holbrook, Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, Andrew W. Buffmire, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Skaggs Companies, Inc., Skaggs-Albertson's.

James F. Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Kathleen E. McDermott, Washington, D.C., John L. Hauer, Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld, Richard C. Levin, Dallas, Tex., for the Nat. Ass'n of Food Chains (Food Marketing Institute).

Timothy J. Sargent, Bodkin, McCarthy, Sargent & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for Thriftimart, Inc.

Ronald L. Olson, Munger, Tolles & Rickerhauser, Allen M. Katz, Los Angeles, Cal., for Vons Grocery Co.

Charles P. Pillans, III, Bedell, Bedell, Dittmar & Zehmer, John A. Devault, III, Jacksonville, Fla., John K. DeLay, Jr., Storey, Armstrong, Steger & Martin, Dallas, Tex., for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

Michael E. Bress, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., for Super Valu Stores, Inc.

Lex Hawkins, Hawkins & Norris, Glenn L. Norris, Des Moines, Iowa, for Ronald Becker, et al., Ronald Becker-DC, et al., MPIA, et al., and MPIA-DC, et al.

John A. Cochrane, Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for Ronald Becker, et al., Ronald Becker-DC, et al., MPIA, et al., and MPIA-DC, et al. in No. 82-1433 only.

Stephen M. Axinn (argued for all defendants in all cases) Shepard Golfein, Douglas B. Adler, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meargher & Flom, New York City, for the Grand Union Co.

Eugene Driker, Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, Charles S. Rudy, Detroit, Mich., for Borman's, Inc.

John D. Leech, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, for First Nat. Stores, Inc.

Jerome G. Shapiro, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, James B. Kobak, Jr., Margaret G. King, New York City, for Supermarkets Gen. Corp.

Ben L. Krage (argued for all plaintiffs in all cases) Kasmir, Willingham & Krage, Dallas, Tex., for Pony Creek Cattle Co.

David A. Rosen, Stein, Simpson & Rosen, New York City, for Food Fair Stores, Inc.

Bernard Gordon, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg & Casey, Washington, D.C., for Giant Food, Inc.

Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., and Jeffrey S. Davidson, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Provisioner, Inc.

Richard W. Odgers, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, James L. Warren, San Francisco, Cal., W.B. West, III, Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis, Dallas, Tex., for Safeway Stores, Inc.

Franklin P. Auwarter, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Dennis A. McMahon, Chicago, Ill., for Nat. Tea Co.

Theodore A. Groenke, McDermott, Will & Emery, Walter M. Jones, Chicago, Ill., for Jewel Companies, Inc.

Alexander E. Bennett, Arnold & Porter, Robert S. Thorpe, Washington, D.C., Ernest R. Higginbotham, Wilson W. Herndon, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Tex., for the Kroger Co.

Arnold M. Lerman, C. Loring Jetton, Jr., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Lucky Stores, Inc.

Before REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 12, 1983.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

This case reaches us for the second time. On the prior appeal, In Re Beef Industry Antitrust Litigation, 600 F.2d 1148 (5th Cir. 1979), (Beef I) this court reversed the district court's dismissal on the pleadings of the plaintiffs' claim. Returning to the district court, the defendants once again prevailed, this time on a motion...

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