DOWNING v. RICELAND FOODS, INC.

No. 14-3758.

810 F.3d 580 (2016)

Don M. DOWNING; Adam J. Levitt; Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLC on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated; Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated; Gray Ritter & Graham, PC on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. RICELAND FOODS, INC., Defendant. Riceland Foods, Counter Claimant-Appellant, v. Don M. Downing; Adam J. Levitt, Counter Defendants-Appellees. Riceland Foods, Inc., Counter Claimant-Appellant, v. Don M. Downing; Gray Ritter & Graham; Adam J. Levitt, as Co-Trustee of the Common Benefit Trust Fund; Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated; Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz, LLC on behalf of themselves and those similarly situated, Counter Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Martin Hohn , argued, Saint Louis, MO, ( John R. Musgrave , Kimberly M. Bousquet , Saint Louis, MO, Barry Deacon , Jason Mark Milne , Jonesboro, AR, on the brief), for appellant.

Bradley Wilders , argued, Patrick Joseph Stueve , Todd E. Hilton , on the brief, Kansas City, MO, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs, a group of attorneys who performed work on behalf of farmers in underlying multi-district litigation regarding genetically-modified rice, brought a class action suit against Riceland Foods, Inc. ("Riceland"), requesting the district court compel Riceland to contribute...

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