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

No. 5:12-CV-729-D.

TERESA M. SPEAKS, TOBY SPEAKS, STANLEY SMITH, EDDIE BROWN, ROBERT POINDEXTER, MIKE MITCHELL, ROY L. COOK, ALEX SHUGART, H. RANDLE WOOD, ROBIN ROGERS, and DANIEL LEE NELSON, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. TOBACCO COOPERATIVE, INC., f/k/a FLUE-CURED TOBACCO COOPERATIVE STABILIZATION CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Western Division.

February 20, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 28 U.S.C. § 1332
Cause: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Declaratory Judgment
Nature of Suit: 160 Stockholders Suits
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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, represented by Gary K. Shipman , Shipman & Associates, LLP, Namon Leo Daughtry , Daughtry, Woodard, Lawrence & Starling & William Grainger Wright, Sr. , Shipman and Wright, LLP.

U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc., formerly known as, Defendant, represented by Derek Lawrence Shaffer , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Lee M. Whitman , Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP, Scott L. Watson , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Benjamin N. Thompson , Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP & Paul J. Puryear, Jr. , Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP.

Nellirea Miles, On Behalf of Herself and James D. Miles, Deceased, Interested Party, pro se.

James A. Miles, Interested Party, pro se.

Melvin M McElveen, Interested Party, pro se.

Sharp Farms, Objector, represented by James L. Ward, Jr. , McGowan Hood & Felder LLC, Philip R. Isley , Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A., Charles Alan Runyan , Runyan & Platte & John L. Coble , Marshall, Williams & Gorham.

Pender Sharp, Objector, represented by Philip R. Isley , Blanchard, Miller, Lewis & Isley, P.A. & John L. Coble , Marshall, Williams & Gorham.

David L. Rose, E. Jerome Vick, Vick Family Farming Partnership, E.J. Vick Farming Company, LLC, Jerome B Vick, J.B. Rose & Sons, Inc., Charles Allen Rose, Sr., Cheryl G Rose, Sheree B. Rose, Estate of James B. Rose, Jr. & Estate of James B Rose, III, Objectors, represented by Christopher S. Battles , Shanahan Law Group, PLLC & Kieran J. Shanahan , Shanahan Law Group, PLLC.

North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services & South Carolina Department of Agriculture, Amicuss, represented by Anne J. Brown , NC Department of Justice.

ORDER

On October 31, 2012, plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and the class they seek to represent, filed a complaint against U.S. Tobacco Cooperative, Inc. (the "Cooperative" or "defendant") asserting claims for declaratory judgment, forced distribution of reserves, and judicial dissolution...

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