FISHER v. FLUE-CURED TOBACCO COOPERATIVE

No. 374A14.

794 S.E.2d 699 (2016)

Kaye W. FISHER, Dan Lewis And Daniel H. Lewis Farms, Inc., George Abbot, Robert C. Boyette and Boyette Farms, Inc., Kyle A. Cox, C. Monroe Enzor, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Crawford Monroe Enzor, Sr., Archie Hill, Kendall Hill, Whitney E. King, Cray Milligan, Richard Renegar, Linwood Scott, Jr. and Scott Farms, Inc., Orville Wiggins, Alford James Worley, Executor of the Estate of Dennis Anderson, Chandler Worley, Harold Wright, and Others Similarly Situated v. FLUE-CURED TOBACCO COOPERATIVE STABILIZATION CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., Raleigh, by Philip R. Isley ; Speights & Runyan, by C. Alan Runyan , pro hac vice; and Richardson, Patrick, Westbrook & Brickman, LLC, by James L. Ward, Jr. , for plaintiff-appellees.

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, by John B. Quinn , pro hac vice, and Derek L. Shaffer , pro hac vice; and Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh, by K. Edward Greene and Tobias S. Hampson , for defendant-appellant n/k/a U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc.

Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, by John R. Wester , for NC Chamber, amicus curiae.


In this case we consider whether the trial court erred by allowing plaintiffs' motion to certify a class of current and former flue-cured tobacco producers who were members of defendant Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation between 1946 and 2004. Because we cannot conclude that the trial court abused its discretion...

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