IN RE GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE LITIGATION

No. 15-2690, No. 15-2693, No. 15-2850, No. 15-2893, No. 15-3245.

835 F.3d 822 (2016)

IN RE: GENETICALLY MODIFIED RICE LITIGATION. Riceland Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, Don M. Downing and Adam J. Levitt, Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel and Co-Trustees of the Genetically Modified Rice Common Benefit Fund, Movant-Appellee, v. Bayer CropScience US; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer AG; Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Bayer BioScience NV; Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Bayer CropScience LLC; Bayer CropScience Holding SA, Defendants-Appellants. In re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation. Riceland Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bayer CropScience US; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer AG; Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Bayer BioScience NV; Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Bayer CropScience LLC; Bayer CropScience Holding SA, Defendants, Don M. Downing and Adam J. Levitt, Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel and Co-Trustees of the Genetically Modified Rice Common Benefit Fund, Movant-Appellee. In re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation. Riceland Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bayer AG; Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer BioScience NV; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer CropScience LLC; Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Bayer Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. In re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation. Riceland Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bayer AG; Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer BioScience NV; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer CropScience LLC; Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc.; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Bayer Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. In re: Genetically Modified Rice Litigation. Riceland Foods, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee, Don M. Downing and Adam J. Levitt, Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel and Co-Trustees of the Genetically Modified Rice Common Benefit Fund, Movant-Appellant, v. Bayer CropScience US; Bayer CropScience LP; Bayer AG; Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; Bayer BioScience NV; Bayer CropScience AG; Bayer CropScience Inc.; Bayer CropScience LLC; Bayer CropScience Holding SA, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants/cross-appellees Bayer Corporation, Bayer AG, Bayer CropScience LP, Bayer CropScience AG, Bayer BioScience NV, Bayer CropScience Holding, Bayer CropScience LLC, Bayer Crop-Science Inc., Bayer CropScience Holding SA and Bayer CropScience US was Eric R. Olson , of Denver, CO. The following attorneys also appeared on the appellants/cross-appellees brief; John M. Hughes , of Denver, CO, Jason C. Murray , of Denver, CO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees/cross-appellants Don M. Downing and Adam J. Levitt was Todd E. Hilton, of Kansas City, MO. The following attorneys also appeared on the brief of appellees/cross-appellants Don M. Downing and Adam J. Levitt; Patrick Joseph Stueve , of Kansas City, MO, Bradley Wilders , of Kansas City, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf appellee/cross-appellant Riceland Foods was Christopher Martin Hohn, of Saint Louis, MO. The following attorneys also appeared on the brief of appellee/cross-appellant Riceland Foods; John R. Musgrave , of Saint Louis, MO, Barry Deacon , of Jonesboro, AR, Kimberly M. Bousquet , of Saint Louis, MO, Jason Mark Milne , of Saratoga Springs, UT.

Before COLLOTON and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges, and BOUGH, District Judge.


Bayer AG, along with several of its corporate subsidiaries, and Riceland, Inc., appeal an order of the district court2 requiring Bayer to cause the deposit of a portion of a settlement between Bayer and Riceland into a common-benefit trust fund. This...

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