7 results for 'cat:"Agriculture" AND cat:"Antitrust"'.
J. Du grants the ranchers' motion to dismiss a Peruvian work visa worker's allegation the ranch association and member ranches restrained trade for the purpose of wage-fixing. Though the worker has not sufficiently alleged each ranch specifically engaged in an anti-competitive agreement, allegations the association made an unlawful agreement with certain members are plausible. The worker is given leave to amend.
Court: USDC Nevada, Judge: Du, Filed On: March 4, 2024, Case #: 3:22cv249, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Commerce
J. Johnston denies John Deere’s motion for summary judgment on the pleadings of an antitrust class action. A class of customers allege that the equipment manufacturer is purposefully withholding the software tools needed to repair its products from farmers and independent repair shops, thereby monopolizing the U.S. tractor repair industry. In its 89-page decision, the court finds that the class sufficiently alleged its claims under the Sherman Act on both constitutional and antitrust standing.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Johnston, Filed On: November 27, 2023, Case #: 3:22cv50188, NOS: Other Statutory Actions - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Class Action
J. Durkin grants a broiler chicken distributor’s motion to dismiss antitrust claims against it for allegedly conspiring to fix chicken prices higher than the market would otherwise support. The class of purchasers has not established antitrust standing for the purposes of their Sherman Act claims, nor for relevant state antitrust claims. The broiler chicken distributors are entitled judgment related to damages prior to Sept. 2, 2012, which is when they learned of the alleged conspiracy, and to violations of the Sherman Act and antitrust violations.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Durkin, Filed On: October 23, 2023, Case #: 1:16cv8637, NOS: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) - Labor, Categories: agriculture, antitrust
J. Reiss grants Dairy Farmers of America's motion for summary judgment requesting the court to take judicial notice of prior litigations and news coverage of their activities. The class of farmers' motions and claims for allegedly conspiring to fix the prices of Grade A raw milk are denied but leave to file an amended complaint is granted.
Court: USDC Vermont, Judge: Reiss, Filed On: September 26, 2023, Case #: 2:22cv147, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Discovery
J. Seeger mostly denies a group of food companies’ motion to exclude grocers’ testimony from an antitrust trial over egg producers’ alleged scheme to artificially inflate the price of eggs in the U.S. The producers claim that they had fewer eggs to sell domestically in part due to installing larger enclosures for egg-laying hens as part of an animal welfare reform effort, and that grocers themselves urged the producers to install the larger enclosures in response to consumer demand for more humane treatment of farm animals. The food companies claim grocers’ testimony to that effect would be irrelevant and prejudicial, and while the court disagrees generally, it will also rule on the admissibility of any particular deposition on a “line-by-line basis as necessary.”
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 1:11cv8808, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Animal Cruelty
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J. Seeger denies a coalition of egg producers’ motion to exclude evidence regarding egg exports in this antitrust case. The suing food companies claim the producers artificially increased the domestic price of eggs in the U.S. by exporting more eggs globally and selling them in markets abroad for lower prices than paid by U.S. consumers. The court finds any evidence regarding this claim is necessarily relevant to the case, and so denies the producers’ motion to exclude.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: August 21, 2023, Case #: 1:11cv8808, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Trade
J. Seeger grants a group of egg suppliers’ motion to bifurcate their upcoming antitrust suit into a liability phase and a damages phase. A number of food companies sued the egg producers years ago, alleging the producers had conspired to artificially restrict the supply of eggs in the U.S., jacking up prices for eggs and egg products. The case has bounced around multiple districts up to this point, with prior court findings supporting the notion that a jury in this trial would find for the egg producers. As such, this court finds bifurcating liability and damages would promote judicial economy.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Seeger, Filed On: August 11, 2023, Case #: 1:11cv8808, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: agriculture, antitrust, Civil Procedure