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SPEAKS v. U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE, INC.

No. 20-2098.

31 F.4th 838 (2022)

Teresa M. SPEAKS; Toby Speaks; Stanley Smith; Eddie Brown; Robert Poindexter; Mike Mitchell; Roy L. Cook; Alex Shugart; H. Randle Wood; Robin Rogers; Daniel Lee Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE, INC., f/k/a Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 19, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gary K. Shipman , SHIPMAN & WRIGHT, LLP, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellants. Lee Michael Whitman , WYRICK ROBBINS YATES & PONTON LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William G. Wright, Sr. , SHIPMAN & WRIGHT, LLP, Wilmington, North Carolina, for Appellants. Benjamin N. Thompson , Paul J. Puryear, Jr. , WYRICK ROBBINS YATES & PONTON LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Quattlebaum wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Thacker joined.

The U.S. Tobacco Cooperative and its members have been embroiled in litigation for over a decade. This appeal is their second trip to the Fourth Circuit. Previously, we reversed a class settlement and remanded the case for further proceedings. Sharp Farms v. Speaks,

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