MICHIGAN PORK PRODUCERS v. CAMPAIGN FOR FAM. FARMS

No. 1:01-CV-34.

174 F.Supp.2d 637 (2001)

MICHIGAN PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, INC., National Pork Producers Council, Pete Blauwiekel, Bob Bloomer, High Lean Pork, Inc., California Pork Producers, Kentucky Pork Producers, Indiana Pork Producers, New York Pork Producers, and Ohio Pork Producers, Plaintiffs, v. CAMPAIGN FOR FAMILY FARMS, Rodney Slater, James Dale Joens, Richard Smith, Rhonda Perry, Lawrence E. Giner, Jr., and Stan Scott Schutte, Defendant-Intervener/Cross-Complainants, v. Ann Veneman, Secretary of United States Department of Agriculture, and Kenneth Clayton, Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Defendants and Cross-Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

December 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Charles Timmons, Boyden, Timmons, Dilley & Haney, PLC, Grand Rapids, MI, Edward M. Mansfield, Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiffs.

W. Francesca Ferguson, Charles R. Gross, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI, William Rastetter, Olson & Bzdok, PC, Traverse City, MI, Patricia Leitner, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division, Washington, DC, Christopher M. Bzdok, Olson, Noonan & Bzdok, PC, Traverse City, MI, David R. Moeller, Lynn A. Hayes, St. Paul, MN, for Defendants.


OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court to determine four dispositive motions: (1) Defendants and Cross-Defendants Ann Veneman and Kenneth Clayton's Motion to Dismiss Cross-Complaint; (2) Cross-Complainants Campaign for Family Farms et al.'s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; (3) Plaintiffs Michigan Pork Producers Association, Inc. et al.'s Motion for Summary Judgment on Count One; and (4) Defendants and Cross...

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