SANDERSON FARMS INC. v. BALLARD

Nos. 2002-IA-01938-SCT, 2003-IA-02490-SCT.

917 So.2d 783 (2005)

SANDERSON FARMS INC. (Production Division) v. Tanya BALLARD, Rann McGraw and Willie McIntosh Sanderson Farms, Inc. v. Kenny Austin, Charlett Hathorn and Leroy Spring.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

October 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Welch, III, Robert M. Frey, Jackson, Joe Dale Walker, Monticello, James Lawton Robertson, Henry E. Chatham, Jr., Jackson, attorneys for appellant.

John Dudley Butler, attorney for appellees.

Before WALLER, P.J., EASLEY and CARLSON, JJ.


EASLEY, Justice, for the Court.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 1. On September 26, 2000, Tanya Ballard, Willie McIntosh, and Rann McGraw, individually and as class representatives (Ballard), independent contractor broiler growers, filed suit against Sanderson Farms, Inc. (SF) in the Chancery Court of Lawrence County, Mississippi. On August 2, 2002, Kenny Austin, Charolett N. Hathorn, and Leroy Spring, individually and as class representatives (Austin), independent...

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