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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`AMORY INVESTMENTS LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No.: 21-cv-1907
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Related to In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust
`Litigation, Case No: 16-cv-08637
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`v.
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`AGRI STATS, INC., et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`COMPLAINT
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`Plaintiff Amory Investments LLC (“Amory”) is a Delaware limited liability
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`company which, on or around March 31, 2021, acquired various assets of Maines Paper & Food
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`Service, Inc., and its affiliates (collectively “Maines”), including the claims that are the subject of
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`this action. Maines was a direct purchaser of Broilers from several producer Defendants.
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`2.
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`Amory brings this action under the federal antitrust laws against the Defendants
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`identified below and incorporates by reference the factual allegations and reservations of rights
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`contained in the Direct Action Plaintiffs’ Amended Consolidated Complaint and Demand for Jury
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`Trial, filed in In re Broiler Antitrust Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-08637 (ECF 4243; ECF
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`4244).
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`3.
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`Amory joins Section II of the Direct Action Plaintiffs’ Amended Consolidated
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`Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, adding the following to specify Amory’s causes of action
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`and the Defendants in Amory’s action:
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`Case: 1:21-cv-01907 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/09/21 Page 2 of 3 PageID #:2
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`Plaintiff Name
`Amory Investments LLC
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`Named Defendants1
`Agri Stats; Case; Claxton;
`Foster Farms; Harrison;
`House of Raeford;
`Keystone; Koch; MarJac;
`Mountaire; O.K. Foods;
`Perdue; Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson; Simmons;
`Tyson; Wayne; Rabobank
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`Named Co-Conspirators
`Amick; Fieldale;
`George’s; Peco
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`Causes of Action
`Count I (Sherman Act
`Claim for all
`Anticompetitive
`Conduct); Count II
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`Output Restriction);
`Count III (Sherman Act
`for GA Dock
`Manipulation)
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
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`WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court:
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`Enter joint and several judgments against all Defendants in favor of Plaintiff;
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`Award Plaintiff treble damages, of an amount to be determined at trial, to the
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`maximum extent allowed under the federal antitrust laws;
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`Award Plaintiff post-judgment interest as provided by law, with such interest to be
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`awarded at the highest legal rate;
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`Award Plaintiff its attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and costs, as provided by
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`law;
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`Grant Plaintiff such other and further relief to which Plaintiff is entitled.
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`JURY DEMAND
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`Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 38, Plaintiff demands a trial by jury on all of
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`its claims and issues so triable.
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`1 The Defendants and Co-Conspirators named in this Complaint include the entire family of each
`Defendant or Co-Conspirators in this table, identified in Section IV of ECF 4243/4244.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-01907 Document #: 1 Filed: 04/09/21 Page 3 of 3 PageID #:3
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`Dated: April 9, 2021
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`BY: Scott E. Gant
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`Scott E. Gant
`BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
`1401 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: (202) 237-2727
`Fax: (202) 237-6131
`Email: sgant@bsfllp.com
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`Colleen A. Harrison
`BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
`333 Main Street
`Armonk, NY 10504
`Tel: (914) 749-8204
`Fax: (914) 749-8300
`Email: charrison@bsfllp.com
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`Counsel for Amory Investments LLC
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`Jared Kosoglad
`223 W. Jackson
`Suite 200
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 513-6000
`Email: jared@jaredlaw.com
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`Local Counsel for Amory Investments LLC
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