IN RE PORK ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Civil Nos. 18-1776, 19-1578, and 19-2723 (JRT/LIB).

495 F.Supp.3d 753 (2020)

IN RE PORK ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Relates to: All Actions.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

Signed October 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Clark and W. Joseph Bruckner , LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN PLLP, 100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401; Bobby Pouya , PEARSON SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP, 15165 Ventura Bouleyard, Suite 400, Sherman Oaks, California 91403, for the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs.

Daniel C. Hedlund , GUSTAFSON GLUEK PLLC, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402; Shana Scarlett , HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP, 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202, Berkeley, California 94710; Steve W. Berman , HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP, 1301 2nd Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, Washington 98101, for the Consumer Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs.

Alec Blaine Finley , CUNEO GILBERT & LADUCA, LLP, 4725 Wisconsin Avenue N.W., Suite 200, Washington, District of Columbia 20016; Shawn M. Raiter , LARSON KING, LLP, 2800 Wells Fargo Place, 30 East Seventh Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101; for the Commercial Indirect Plaintiffs.

Christa C. Cottrell and Christina Henk Briesacher , KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP, 300 North LaSalle Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60654, for Defendants Clemens Food Group, LLC and The Clemens Family Corporation.

Richard A. Duncan , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP, 90 South Seventh Street, Suite 2200, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, for Defendants Hormel Foods Corporation and Hormel Foods, LLC.

Jaime Stilson , DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402; Britt M. Miller , MAYER BROWN LLP, 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, for Defendant Indiana Packers Corporation.

Donald G. Heeman , SPENCER FANE LLP, 100 South Fifth Street, Suite 2500, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402; Stephen R. Neuwirth , Sami H. Rashid , QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP, 51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, for Defendant JBS USA Food Company.

William L. Greene and Peter J. Schwingler , STINSON LLP, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 2600, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, for Defendants Seaboard Foods LLC and Seaboard Corporation.

Brian Edward Robison , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, 2100 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1100, Dallas, Texas 75201; Richard G. Parker , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20036, for Defendant Smithfield Foods, Inc.

Vollis Gene Summerlin Jr. , HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP, 13330 California Street, Suite 200, Omaha, Nebraska 68154, for Defendant Triumph Foods, LLC.

Tiffany Rider Rohrbaugh , AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP, 950 F Street N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20004, for Defendants Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc., and Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.

William Leitzsey Monts III and Justin Bernick , HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, 555 Thirteenth Street N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20004, for Defendant Agri Stats, Inc.


AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Three putative classes of Plaintiffs allege that Defendants, among America's largest pork producers and integrators, conspired to limit the supply of pork and thereby fix prices in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. Defendants move to dismiss the claims against...

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