Henry Lee "Leroy" PICKETT, Mike Callicrate, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 16, 2005.
August 16, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Andrew C. Allen, Peter H. Burke, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Randy Beard, Beard & Beard, Guntersville, AL, David A. Domina, Attorney at Law, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Cassidy Kesler Pinegar, Carter G. Phillips, Jay Thomas Jorgensen, Kristin Graham Koehler, Thomas C. Green, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, DC, Richard H. Gill, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, AL, Nathan A. Hodne, Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.
Susan Elayne Stokes, Farmers' Legal Action Group, Inc., St. Paul, MN, Roger A. McEowen, Attorney at Law, KSU, Manhattan, KS, for Fifty Leading Scholars, Amicus Curiae.
Roy T. Englert, Jr., Alison C. Barnes, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner LLP, Washington, DC, for American Meat Institute & Nat'l Meat Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.
A. Bruce Jones, Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO, for Cattle Producing, Cattle Marketing, and Beef Packing, Amicus Curiae.
Brad P. Rosenberg, Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, for American State Bank & Trust Co., Amicus Curiae.
Edward M. Mansfield, Belin, Lamson, McCormick, Zumbach, Flynn, Des Moines, IA, for Nat'l Pork Producers Council, Amicus Curiae.
Before CARNES and COX, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Henry Lee Pickett is the owner of a cattle-producing farm located thirty-five miles south of Montgomery, Alabama. In this class action lawsuit he is the lead plaintiff representing a national class of cattle producers who sell their fed cattle— cows raised specifically for slaughter—to meat-packing plants exclusively on the cash market.
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., formerly Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. (IBP), is the largest meat...
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