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U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE INC. v. BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE OF VIRGINIA LLC

U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE INC. v. BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE OF VIRGINIA LLC

No: 5:13-CV-00527-F.

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U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE INC., U.S. FLUE-CURED TOBACCO GROWERS, INC., and BIG SOUTH DISTRIBUTION, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE OF VIRGINIA, LLC, d/b/a BIG SKY INTERNATIONAL, BIG SOUTH WHOLESALE, LLC, UNIVERSAL SERVICES FIRST CONSULTING, A/KIA UNIVERSAL SERVICES CONSULTING GROUP, JASON CARPENTER, CHRISTOPHER SMALL, EMORY STEPHEN DANIEL, and ALBERT M. JOHNSON, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png

May 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Lemuel Gray Geddie, Jr. , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Lemuel Gray Geddie, Jr. , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

Big South Distribution, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Lemuel Gray Geddie, Jr. , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC d/b/a Big Sky International, Defendant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Wholesale, LLC, Defendant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Universal Services First Consulting, a/k/a Universal Services Consulting Group, Defendant, represented by W. Sidney Aldridge , Nicholls & Crampton, P.A. & Elliot Sol Abrams , Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan, PLLC.

Jason Carpenter, Defendant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Christopher Small, Defendant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Emory Stephen Daniel, Defendant, represented by W. Sidney Aldridge , Nicholls & Crampton, P.A. & Elliot Sol Abrams , Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan, PLLC.

Albert M Johnson, Defendant, represented by Christopher T. Graebe , Graebe Hanna & Sullivan, PLLC & Mark R. Sigmon , Graebe Hanna & Sullivan, PLLC.

United States of America, Intervenor, represented by Wynne P. Kelly , U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.

Jason Carpenter, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Christopher Small, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC d/b/a Big Sky International, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Wholesale, LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

Christopher Small, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Wholesale, LLC, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Jason Carpenter, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Wholesale of Virginia, LLC d/b/a Big Sky International, Counter Claimant, represented by Alan D Mathis , Butler Snow LLP, Bryan M. Haynes , Troutman Sanders LLP, Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Gavin B. Parsons , TROUTMAN SANDERS, LLP & W. Michael Dowling , Brooks Pierce McLendon Humphrey & Leonard, LLP.

Big South Distribution, LLC, Counter Defendant, represented by Gary S. Parsons , Brooks Pierce Law Firm, Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers, Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

U.S. Tobacco Cooperative Inc., Counter Defendant, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..

Emory Stephen Daniel, Counter Claimant, represented by W. Sidney Aldridge , Nicholls & Crampton, P.A. & Elliot Sol Abrams , Cheshire Parker Schneider & Bryan, PLLC.

Big South Distribution, LLC, Counter Defendant, represented by Alexander Tevis Marshall , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Allen M. Gardner , Latham & Watkins LLP, Amy M Pocklington , Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart, P.C., Brian A. Lichter , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kathryn H. Ruemmler , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kevin A. Chambers , Latham & Watkins LLP, Kimberly Joyce Lehman , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Michael Douglas McKnight , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C. & Thomas A. Farr , Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C..