U.S. v. LEA

No. 00-3146.

249 F.3d 632 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian W. LEA, a/k/a "Skip," Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 2, 2001.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mel S. Johnson (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lew A. Wasserman (argued), Kies & Wasserman, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

After a business relationship between Brian Lea and National By-Products ("NBP") went bad, pesticides from Lea's strawberry business were dumped onto NBP's dead farm animals ("deadstock"). When an anonymous letter informed NBP that its deadstock, which had been rendered and sold as animal food, had been contaminated, the company was forced to shut down its Berlin, Wisconsin plant and engage in a massive recall. On September 14, 1999, Lea was indicted...

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