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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`IN RE BROILER CHICKEN ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates To:
`Track Two Direct Action Plaintiffs
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`Case No. 1:16-cv-8637
`Judge Thomas M. Durkin
`Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert
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`[PUBLIC REDACTED
`VERSION]
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`TYSON DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER TO TRACK 2 DIRECT ACTION PLAINTIFFS’
`SECOND AMENDED CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT
`AND COUNTERCLAIM/THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AGAINST
`CARINA VENTURES LLC AND BURFORD CAPITAL LLC
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`Defendants Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Chicken, Inc., Tyson Breeders, Inc., and Tyson
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`Poultry, Inc. (collectively, “Tyson” or “Tyson Defendants”), by and through the undersigned
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`counsel, submits their answer and affirmative defenses to Track 2 Direct Action Plaintiffs’
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`(“Plaintiffs” or “DAPs”) Second Amended Consolidated Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial
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`(Dkt. 5455), dated February 28, 2022 (“Complaint”) as follows:
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`INTRODUCTION1
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`DAPs filed the original consolidated complaint [ECF Nos. 3924, 3922], an amended
`consolidated complaint [ECF Nos. 4243, 4244], and this amended consolidated complaint, in
`accordance with the Court’s direction “to streamline the pleadings so that there is only one
`complaint and one answer on the docket for the Court and parties to reference, rather than over 100
`separate direct-action complaints.” [ECF No. 4139 at 5]. As the Court has explained, “the purpose
`of the consolidated complaint [was] not to force any individual plaintiff to concede or make any
`allegation or claim.” Id. DAPs understand the Court’s orders to preserve the independent legal
`existence of each DAP case.
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`Pursuant to the Court’s order for Track Two DAPs to file “an amended consolidated
`complaint” that “will be the operative complaint for Track Two DAPs” [ECF No. 5306], Track
`Two Direct Action Plaintiffs (“DAPs” or “Plaintiffs”)1 submit this pleading to illustrate, but not
`exhaustively catalog, material allegations against the Defendants.2
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`FN 1: Given the consolidated nature of this complaint, the plural usage of the term
`“Plaintiffs” is used throughout to generally describe one or more DAPs but should not be
`construed to necessarily refer to all DAPs for purposes of all factual allegations or legal
`causes of action as explained infra in this document.
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`FN 2: DAPs objected to filing a consolidated complaint [ECF No. 3625, 4695], and
`maintain those objections for all purposes, including any appeals.
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`Because of differences in the underlying DAP complaints, certain factual allegations may only
`relate or be material to the claims of certain DAPs. A given DAP does not necessarily adopt the
`allegations, theories or legal positions of other DAPs.
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`The submission of this consolidated complaint should not be construed as a waiver or
`relinquishment of any DAP’s rights, including the due-process right to proceed outside of the
`putative class in this case and to prosecute claims separately in a direct action with counsel of each
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`1 The Complaint’s allegations are reproduced in italicized font below. Tyson includes the
`Complaint’s titles, headings, footnotes, and introductory clauses to the Complaint’s paragraphs for
`the convenience of the Court. The Complaint’s allegations, including titles, headings, footnotes, and
`introductory clauses are not factual allegations to which a response is required. To the extent a
`response is required, Tyson denies all factual allegations contained in Plaintiffs’ titles, headings,
`footnotes, and introductory clauses to the Complaint’s paragraphs.
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`DAP’s choosing. DAPs have not filed identical complaints and, in many instances, have sued
`different defendants and asserted different claims.3 By compiling the factual allegations and claims
`from the various complaints pursuant to this Court’s order, DAPs do not concede that consolidation
`beyond that permitted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure would be proper, especially for
`trial.4
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`FN 3: For example, some DAPs chose not to sue certain Defendants sued by other DAPs.
`Some DAPs decided to include RICO claims in their complaint; many did not. Many DAPs
`filed only Sherman Act claims. Others included state law claims, and some include indirect
`purchaser claims in their complaints. Each DAP has performed its own legal analysis of the
`causes of action applicable to it based on the facts specific to each DAP.
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`FN 4: In submitting this pleading, DAPs continue to maintain their “separate legal
`existence” and object to any loss of their individual due process rights. In re Fluidmaster,
`149 F.Supp.3d 940, 947 (N.D. Ill. 2016) (quoting In re Refrigerant Compressors Antitrust
`Litig., 731 F.3d 586, 590-91 (6th Cir. 2013)); In re Zimmer Nexgen Knee Implant Prods.
`Liab. Litig., MDL 2272, 2012 WL 3582708, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 16, 2012) (collecting cases
`that state that “a master or consolidated complaint is a procedural device used to promote
`judicial efficiency and economy, not to be given the same effect as an ordinary complaint or
`considered to merge the suits into a single cause, or change the rights of the parties, or make
`those who are parties in one suit parties in another.”) (internal quotation marks omitted).
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`This Complaint is organized as follows: Section II sets out a chart identifying each Plaintiff and (1)
`the docket number on the consolidated docket for the underlying DAP complaint, (2) the Defendants
`named in the DAP complaint (if a Plaintiff has dismissed a Defendant, that Defendant is no longer
`listed in the Defendant column but in the named co-conspirator column), (3) the co-conspirators
`named in the DAP complaint, and (4) the causes of action asserted in the DAP complaint. Sections
`III through X set out the factual allegations. Section XI states all of the causes of action asserted by
`any DAP.
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`ANSWER: DAPs’ “Introduction” contains no factual allegations to which a response is
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`required. Instead, it contains DAPs’ legal conclusions and characterizations of this action, including
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`their interpretation of orders of this Court and legal argument related to the scope and propriety of
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`those orders. To the extent a response is required, Tyson denies all allegations in the Introduction,
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`including those in the accompanying Footnotes.
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Conspirators(if
`any)
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`Causes of Action
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Fieldale: George’s:
`Sysco
`Claim for all
`Claxton; Foster Farms;|Peco; Rabobank®
`Corporation
`Harrison; House of
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Raeford; Keystone;
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Claim for Output
`Marshall Durbin;
`Restrictions); Count 3
`Mountaire: O.K.
`(Sherman Act for GA Dock
`Foods; Perdue;
`Manipulation); Count 5
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging)
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`US Foods, Inc.|ECF 4809;
`George’s; Peco;
`4810
`Claim forall
`Claxton:Fieldale;
`Tyson: Keystone;
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Rabobank®
`Foster Farms:
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch; Mar-
`Claim for Output
`Jac; Marshall Durbin;
`Restrictions); Count 3
`Mountaire: O.K.
`(Sherman Act for GA Dock
`Foods; Perdue:
`Manipulation); Count 5
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Bid-Rigging)
`Wayne
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`Il.
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`CHART OF DIRECT ACTION PLAINTIFF CASES
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
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`Version,if
`applicable)
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`Amick Count 1 (Sherman Act
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`Jetro Holdings,|ECF 2130 Agri Stats; Case: Count 1 (Sherman Act
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`Allen Harim;
`LLC
`Claim forall
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Keystone Foods;
`Foster Farms;
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`George’s; Harrison:
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Restriction); Count 3
`Mountaire: O.K.
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Foods; Peco; Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`Tyson; Wayne
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Keystone Foods;
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson: Simmons:
`Wayne
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
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`Version,if
`applicable)
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`Ahold Delhaize
`USA, Inc.
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`ECF 2100
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`Conspirators(if Causes of Action
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`Count1 (Sherman Act, for
`all Anticompetitive
`Conduct); Count 2
`(Sherman Act, for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative); Count3
`(Sherman Act, for Georgia
`DockPrice-Fixing, Pled in
`the Alternative); Count 4
`(Sherman Act, for Bid-
`Rigging and Price-Fixing,
`Pled in the Alternative):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act, for
`Bid-Rigging, Pled in the
`Alternative); Count 6
`(Sherman Act, for Price-
`Fixing, Pled in the
`Alternative); Count 7 (GA
`RICO Based on 16-14-
`4(a)); Count 8 (GA RICO
`Based on 16-14-4(b)):
`Count 9 (Federal RICO):
`Count 19 (Common Law
`Fraud Against the GA
`Dock Defendants); Count
`20 (Breach ofthe Covenant
`of Good Faith and Fair
`Dealing Against the GA
`Dock Defendants); Count
`21 (Negligent
`Misrepresentation, Pled in
`the Alternative to Count
`19); Count 22 (Unjust
`EnrichmentAgainst the
`GA Dock Defendants)
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
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`Version, if
`applicable)
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`ECF 2125
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`BJ’s Wholesale
`Club, Inc.
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Conspirators(if
`any)
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`Causes of Action
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`Allen Harim:;
`Keystone Foods;
`Amick
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
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`Claim for Price Fixing)
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging): Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
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`ECF 2134
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison:
`House of Raeford:
`Mar-Jac: O.K. Foods;
`Peco; Simmons;
`Tyson
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`Allen Harim: Amick:
`Keystone Foods;
`Koch: Mountaire;
`Perdue; Pilgrim’s
`Pride; Sanderson;
`Wayne
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`United
`Supermarkets,
`LLC
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`ECF 2115
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`Allen Harim: Amick:
`Keystone Foods;
`Pilgrim’s Pride
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
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`Version, if
`applicable)
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`ECF 2115
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`Plaintiff Name
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`Krispy Krunchy
`Foods, LLC
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`rueneyBros.,
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`ECF 2115
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`ECF 2110
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`Poole
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`Company
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`Allen Harim:; Amick;
`Keystone Foods;
`Pilgrim’s Pride
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`Allen Harim:; Amick;
`Keystone Foods;
`Pilgrim’s Pride
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Price Fixing
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Price Fixing
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Marshall Durbin:
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco; Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne;
`Keystone Foods
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Conspirators(if
`any)
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`Causes of Action
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`Fixing)
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count4 (Violation Of 15
`U.S.C. § 1 Against Bid-
`Rigging Defendants for
`Bid-Rigging andPrice-
`Fixing); Count6 (Violation
`Of 15 U.S.C. § 1 Against
`Georgia Dock Defendants
`And Bid-Rigging
`Defendants For Price-
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Conspirators(if
`any)
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`Causes of Action
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`Alternative)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count4 (Violation Of 15
`U.S.C. § 1 Against Bid-
`Rigging Defendants for
`Bid-Rigging andPrice-
`Fixing); Count6 (Violation
`Of 15 U.S.C. § 1 Against
`Georgia Dock Defendants
`And Bid-Rigging
`Defendants For Price-
`Fixing)
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
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`Version, if
`applicable)
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`ECF 2110
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`United Food
`Service,Inc.
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`ECF 1519-1
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`Allen Harim; Amick
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Marshall Durbin;
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue;
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne;
`Keystone Foods
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`Agri Stats; Claxton;
`Fieldale; Foster
`Farms; George’s;
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford; Keystone
`Foods: Koch: Mar-Jac;
`Marshall Durbin:
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride:
`Sanderson: Simmons:
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation,
`Pled in the Alternative);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging Pled
`in the Alternative); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Price Fixing, Pled in the
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Causes of Action
`
`Manipulation)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
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`Sherwood Food|ECF 2135
`Allen Harim:;
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Keystone Foods;
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Amick
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`House of Raeford:
`Restriction); Count 3
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Pilgrim’s Pride:
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`Tyson; Wayne
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
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`Harvest Meat
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`ECF 2135
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`Company,Inc.
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`Allen Harim;
`Keystone Foods;
`Amick
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison:
`House of Raeford:
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Western Boxed|ECF 2135
`Allen Harim;
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim for all
`Claxton;Fieldale:
`Keystone Foods;
`Amick
`Foster Farms;
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`George’s; Harrison;
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`House of Raeford:
`Claim for Output
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Restriction); Count 3
`Mountaire; O.K.
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride:
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Sanderson; Simmons:
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing):; Count 5
`Tyson; Wayne
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging): Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
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`ECF 2135
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`Plaintiff Name
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`Hamilton Meat.
`LLC
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`Named Defendants
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`Named Co-
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`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
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`Conspirators(if
`any)
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`Allen Harim:;
`Keystone Foods;
`Amick
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`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton;Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
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`Amick Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Price Fixing
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`Agri Stats; Allen
`Harim; Amick; Case:
`Claxton; Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`Keystone Foods;
`Koch; Mountaire;
`O.K.Foods; Peco;
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Wayne
`
`Allen Harim;
`Keystone Foods;
`
`Hooters of
`America, LLC
`
`ECF 2109
`
`House ofRaeford:
`Mar-Jac: Perdue;
`Tyson
`
`Darden
`Restaurants,
`Inc.
`
`ECF 2126
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Fieldale:
`Foster Farms:
`George’s; Harrison:
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging, GA Dock
`Manipulation)
`
`

`

`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Causes of Action
`
`Allen Harim:; Amick;
`Keystone; Pilgrim’s
`Pride
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Price Fixing):
`Count 10 (Violation of
`
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing) Count 5
`(Alternative Bid-Rigging,
`Pled in the Alternative to
`Count 4); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants And Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`Price-Fixing)
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 2113
`
`Checkers
`Drive-In
`
`Restaurants,
`Inc.
`
`ECF 2264
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Fieldale;
`Foster Farms:
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Keystone Foods;
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Causes of Action
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Pinnacle Foods.|ECF 2264
`Fieldale; Pilgrim’s
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Pride; Allen Harim:
`Rabobank
`George’s; Harrison;
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`House of Raeford:
`Keystone Foods:
`Claim for Output
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Sanderson: Simmons;
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Tyson; Wayne
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing) Count 5
`(Alternative Bid-Rigging,
`Pled in the Alternative to
`Count 4); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants And Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`Price-Fixing)
`
`Price-Fixing)
`
`ECF 2264
`
`Fieldale; Pilgrim’s
`Pride; Allen Harim:
`Rabobank
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford;
`Keystone Foods:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson: Simmons:
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing) Count 5
`(Alternative Bid-Rigging,
`Pled in the Alternative to
`Count 4); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants And Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 2264
`
`Plaintiff Name
`
`Nestlé USA,
`Inc.
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Fieldale; Pilgrim’s
`Pride; Allen Harim:
`Rabobank
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Keystone Foods:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson: Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Rabobank Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing) Count 5
`(Alternative Bid-Rigging,
`Pled in the Alternative to
`Count 4); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants And Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`Price-Fixing)
`
`ECF 2264
`
`Nestlé Purina
`PetCare
`
`Company
`
`Fieldale; Pilgrim’s
`Pride; Allen Harim;
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford;
`Keystone Foods:
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson: Simmons:
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1);
`Count 3 (Sherman Act
`Claim for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in the
`Alternative to Count 1):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing) Count 5
`(Alternative Bid-Rigging,
`Pled in the Alternative to
`Count 4); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants And Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`Price-Fixing)
`
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`in this Complaint.
`
`Wal-Mart
`Stores East, LP
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`in this Complaint.
`
`in this Complaint. Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Wal-Mart
`Stores
`Arkansas, LLC
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`Wal-Mart
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Stores Texas,
`LLC
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`in this Complaint.
`
`in this Complaint. Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation):
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`Wal-Mart
`Louisiana, LLC
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`in this Complaint.
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`
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`Plaintiff Name
`
`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 2260-2
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford: Koch: Mar-
`Jac; Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue:
`Sanderson; Wayne
`
`Amick, Peco,
`Pilgrim’s Pride, and
`all other
`individuals/entities
`whose conspiratorial
`conductis described
`in this Complaint.
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct):
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging):
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging)
`
`George’s; Peco Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct);
`Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act for GA Dock
`Manipulation); Count 4
`Count 4 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid-Rigging and
`Price-Fixing); Count 5
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`Bid-Rigging); Count 6
`(Violation Of 15 U.S.C. § 1
`Against Georgia Dock
`Defendants and Bid-
`Rigging Defendants For
`Price-Fixing)
`
`ECF 2274-1
`
`Services Group
`of America,
`Inc.
`
`Allen Harim:;
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton; Foster Farms:
`Harrison: House of
`Raeford; Keystone
`Foods: Koch; Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Perdue;
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
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`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Causes of Action
`
`Unfair Practices Act)
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claimforall
`Anticompetitive Conduct)
`[ROAseeks injunctive and
`equitable reliefin Counts 1,
`2, and 3; ROA seeks
`damagesexcept against
`Fieldale in Counts 1, 2, and
`3]; Count 2 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Output
`Restriction); Count 3
`(Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulation);
`Count 5 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Bid Rigging):
`Count 6 (Sherman Act
`Claim for Price Fixing):
`Count 11 (Violation of
`Arizona’s Antitrust Act);
`Count 13 (Violation ofthe
`Minn. Antitrust Law);
`Count 18 (Unjust
`Enrichment) [Arizona,
`Minnesota, New Mexico]:
`Count 23 (Violation of
`New Mexico Antitrust
`Act); Count 24 (Violation
`of the Minn. Consumer
`Fraud Act); Count 25
`(Violation ofNew Mexico
`
`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 3068
`
`Restaurants of
`America, Inc.
`
`Allen Harim; Amick:
`Keystone Foods;
`Pilgrim’s Pride
`
`Agri Stats; Case;
`Claxton:Fieldale:
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
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`Underlying
`Complaint
`(Referenceis
`to Sealed
`
`Version, if
`applicable)
`
`ECF 3068
`
`Named Defendants
`
`Named Co-
`
`(Not Previously
`Dismissed)
`
`Conspirators(if
`any)
`
`Allen Harim; Amick:
`Keystone Foods;
`Pilgrim’s Pride
`
`Agri Stats; Case:
`Claxton;Fieldale;
`Foster Farms;
`George’s; Harrison;
`House of Raeford:
`Koch: Mar-Jac:
`Mountaire: O.K.
`Foods: Peco: Perdue:
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne
`
`Pride Causes of Action
`
`Count 1 (Sherman Act
`Claim forall
`Anticompetitive Conduct)
`[LTP seeks injunctive and
`equitable relief only in
`Counts 1, 2, and 3]; Count
`2 (Sherman Act Claim for
`OutputRestriction); Count
`3 (Sherman Act Claim for
`GA Dock Manipulatio