`SANDEE’S CATERING,
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`Plaintiff,
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`AGRI STATS, INC. et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`No. 20-cv-02295
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`Hon. Virginia M. Kendall
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 1 of 7 PageID #:1946
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`DEFENDANTS’ JOINT MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS
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`Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c), Defendants in the above-referenced action respectfully
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`submit this Joint Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings seeking judgment in Defendants’ favor on
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`Plaintiff’s unjust enrichment claims. The reasons for the Joint Motion are set forth in the
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`accompanying Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Joint Motion for Judgment on the
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`Pleadings, filed contemporaneously herewith.
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`WHEREFORE, Defendants respectfully request that the Court issue judgment in
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`Defendants’ favor on the unjust enrichment claims in Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint.
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 2 of 7 PageID #:1947
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`Dated: December 10, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Counsel for Cargill, Incorporated and
`Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
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`/s/ Britt M. Miller
`Britt M. Miller
`Robert E. Entwisle
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`71 South Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 782-0600
`bmiller@mayerbrown.com
`rentwisle@mayerbrown.com
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`Sybil Dunlop
`GREENE ESPEL PLLP
`222 South Ninth Street, Suite 2200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(612) 373-8346
`khibbard@greeneespel.com
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`Counsel for Butterball LLC
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`/s/ Christopher E. Ondeck
`Christopher E. Ondeck
`Colin R. Kass
`Stephen R. Chuk
`PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
`1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 600
`Washington, DC 20004
`(202) 416-6800
`Condeck@proskauer.com
`CKass@proskauer.com
`SChuk@proskauer.com
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`Rucha A. Desai
`PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
`Eleven Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`(212) 969-3000
`RDesai@proskauer.com
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`Marc E. Rosenthal
`PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
`70 West Madison, Suite 3800
`Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 962-3530
`Mrosenthal@proskauer.com
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 3 of 7 PageID #:1948
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`Counsel for Farbest Foods, Inc.
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`/s/ Michael K. Sciaccotta
`Michael K. Sciaccotta
`DENTONS US LLP
`233 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 5900
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 876-8000
`michael.sciaccotta@dentons.com
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`Gaspare J. Bono
`Claire M. Maddox
`Leslie A. Barry
`DENTONS US LLP 1900 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`(202) 496-7500
`gap.bono@dentons.com
`claire.maddox@dentons.com
`leslie.barry@dentons.com
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`Counsel for Cooper Farms, Inc.
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`/s/ Jennifer A.L. Battle
`Michael L. McCluggage
`Daniel D. Birk
`EIMER STAHL LLP
`224 South Michigan Ave, Suite 1100
`Chicago, IL 60604
`(312) 660-7600
`Mmcluggage@eimerstahl.com
`Dbirk@eimerstahl.com
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`Joshua Goldberg
`CARPENTER, LIPPS & LELAND LLP
`180 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2105
`Chicago, IL 60601
`(312) 777-4825
`Goldberg@carpenterlipps.com
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`Jennifer A.L. Battle
`David J. Barthel
`Theodore M. Munsell
`Jill Rogers Spiker
`Joel E. Sechler
`CARPENTER, LIPPS & LELAND LLP
`280 North High Street, Suite 1300
`Columbus, OH 43215
`(614) 365-4100)
`Battle@carpenterlipps.com
`Barthel@carpenterlipps.com
`Munsell@carpenterlipps.com
`Spiker@carpenterlipps.com
`Sechler@carpenterlipps.com
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 4 of 7 PageID #:1949
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`Counsel for Hormel Foods Corporation and
`Hormel Foods, LLC
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`/s/ Colby Anne Kingsbury
`Colby Anne Kingsbury
`FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
`311 South Wacker Drive, #4300
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 212-6500
`Colby.Kingsbury@faegredrinker.com
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`Richard A. Duncan
`Craig S. Coleman
`Emily E. Chow
`Isaac B. Hall
`FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
`90 S. Seventh Street, Ste. 2200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(612) 766-7000
`Richard.Duncan@faegredrinker.com
`Craig.Coleman@faegredrinker.com
`Emily.Chow@faegredrinker.com
`Isaac.Hall@faegredrinker.com
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`Christopher A. Kreuder
`FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP
`801 Grand Avenue, 33rd Floor
`Des Moines, IA 50309
`(515) 248-9000
`Christopher.Kreuder@faegredrinker.com
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`Counsel for Foster Farms, LLC, and
`Foster Poultry Farm
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`/s/ Carmine R. Zarlenga
`Carmine R. Zarlenga
`William Stallings
`Stephen M. Medlock
`Oral Pottinger
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`1999 K Street NW
`Washington DC 20006
`(202) 263-3000
`czarlenga@mayerbrown.com
`wstallings@mayerbrown.com
`smedlock@mayerbrown.com
`opottinger@mayerbrown.com
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 5 of 7 PageID #:1950
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`Counsel for House of Raeford Farms, Inc.
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`/s/ Gregory G. Wrobel
`Gregory G. Wrobel
`VEDDER PRICE P.C.
`222 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, Illinois 60601
`(312) 609-7500
`gwrobel@vedderprice.com
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`Henry W. Jones, Jr.
`JORDAN PRICE WALL GRAY JONES &
`CARLTON, PLLC
`1951 Clark Avenue
`Raleigh, North Carolina 27605
`(919) 828-2501
`hjones@jordanprice.com
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`Counsel for Perdue Farms, Inc. and Perdue
`Foods LLC
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`/s/ J. Douglas Baldridge
`J. Douglas Baldridge
`Lisa Jose Fales
`Danielle R. Foley
`Paul Feinstein
`Andrew T. Hernacki
`VENABLE LLP
`600 Massachusetts Ave., NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`(202) 344-4000
`jbaldridge@venable.com
`ljfales@venable.com
`drfoley@venable.com
`pfeinstein@venable.com
`athernacki@venable.com
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`Kirstin B. Ives
`FALKENBERG IVES LLP
`230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2220
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 566-4803
`kbi@falkenbergives.com
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 6 of 7 PageID #:1951
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`Counsel for Agri Stats, Inc.
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`/s/ Jacob D. Koering
`Jacob D. Koering
`MILLER, CANFIELD, PADDOCK &
`STONE, PLC
`225 West Washington Avenue, Suite 2600
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 460-4272
`koering@millercanfield.com
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`William L. Monts III (pro hac vice)
`Justin W. Bernick (pro hac vice)
`HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
`555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004-1109
`(202) 637-5600
`william.monts@hoganlovells.com
`justin.bernick@hoganlovells.com
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`Counsel for The Hillshire Brands Company,
`Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.,
`and Tyson Prepared Foods, Inc.
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`/s/ Jordan Matthew Tank
`Jordan Matthew Tank
`Sahrish Moyeed
`LIPE LYONS MURPHY NAHRSTADT &
`PONTIKIS
`230 West Monroe Street, Suite 2260
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 702-0586
`Jmt@lipelyons.com
`Sm@lipelyons.com
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`Tiffany Rider Rohrbaugh
`Rachel J. Adcox
`Lindsey Strang Aberg
`AXINN, VELTROP & HARKRIDER LLP
`950 F Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004
`(202) 469-3550
`Trider@axinn.com
`Radcox@axinn.com
`Lstrang@axinn.com
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`Case: 1:20-cv-02295 Document #: 108 Filed: 12/10/20 Page 7 of 7 PageID #:1952
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`The undersigned, an attorney, hereby certifies that on December 10, 2020, a copy of the
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`foregoing was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using the Court’s CM/ECF system,
`which will send notification of the filing to all counsel of record.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`By: /s/ Colby Anne Kingsbury
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