SCHUMACHER v. TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC.

No. CIV 02-1027.

434 F.Supp.2d 748 (2006)

Herman SCHUMACHER, Michael P. Callicrate, and Roger D. Koch, Plaintiffs, v. TYSON FRESH MEATS, INC., Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation, d/b/a Excel Corporation, Swift Beef Company, and National Beef Packing Company, L.L.C., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, Northern Division.

March 30, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Herr, Elizabeth J. Anderson, Elizabeth Snyder Poeschl, James Duffy O'Connor, Kirk O. Kolbo, Matthew P. Lewis, R. Christopher Sur, Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, MN, Reed A. Rasmussen, Siegel, Barnett & Schutz, Aberdeen, SD, Stephen O. Broghammer, Thomas M. White, White, Wulff & Smart, Omaha, NE, for Plaintiffs.

Brad P. Rosenberg, Mark W. Ryan, Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, Kennith L. Gosch, Bantz, Gosch, Cremer, Peterson, Sommers & Wager, Jack H. Hieb, Richardson, Groseclose, Wyly, Wise & Sauck, Aberdeen, SD, Christopher Wayne Madsen, Thomas John Welk, Boyce Greenfield Pashby & Welk, LLP, Sioux Falls, SD, Patrick E. Brookhouser, Jr., McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO, Omaha, NE, Louis A. Huber, III, Schlee Huber Mcmullen & Krause, Kansas City, MO, Louis E. Fogel, Sherry A. Knutson, Susan A. Weber, William H. Baumgartner, Jr., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KORNMANN, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This class action lawsuit was initiated by cattle producers against the four major packers seeking damages for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards Act ("PSA"), 7 U.S.C. §§ 181-229 and for unjust enrichment in violation of state law. Plaintiffs' claims arise out of the United States Department of Agriculture's error in publishing boxed...

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