GRIFFIN v. SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.

No. Civ.A.2:01-CV-249.

183 F.Supp.2d 824 (2002)

Charles GRIFFIN, William G. Littleton, Jr., Larry McDaniel and Terrell Gray, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., and Smithfield Packing Company, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

January 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Caldwell Warley, Wyatt B. Durette, Jr., Durette, Irvin & Bradshaw, Richmond, VA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Herman Watson, Jr., Watson, Jimmerson, Givhan & Martin, PC, Huntsville, AL, William Sims Stone, Blakely, GA, David Bois, Timothy D. Battin, Staus & Boies, LLP, Fairfax, VA, for plaintiffs.

John Yeardley Pearson, Jr., Willcox & Savage, Norfolk, VA, Dawn Gantt Benson, Albany, GA, Stephen Curtis Carlson, Susan Ann Stone, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Wendell Landray Taylor, Robert Reynold Merhige, IV, Thomas Glascock, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, John Samuel Martin, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for defendants.


ORDER AND OPINION

MORGAN, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the Defendants' motion for summary judgment. The Court held a hearing on this motion on November 21, 2001. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the Defendants' motion, and enters JUDGMENT in for the Defendants.

I. FACTUAL1 AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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