Case: 1:21-cv-03666 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:1
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`Case No.: 21-CV-3666
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`COMPLAINT
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`WOOD-FRUITTICHER GROCERY
`COMPANY, INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
`TYSON FOODS, INC.; TYSON CHICKEN,
`INC.; TYSON BREEDERS, INC.; TYSON
`POULTRY, INC.; PILGRIM’S PRIDE
`CORPORATION; KOCH FOODS, INC.; JCG
`FOODS OF ALABAMA, LLC; JCG FOODS
`OF GEORGIA, LLC; KOCH MEAT CO.,
`INC.; SANDERSON FARMS, INC.;
`SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (FOOD
`DIVISION); SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
`(PRODUCTION DIVISION); SANDERSON
`FARMS, INC. (PROCESSING DIVISION);
`HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC.; MAR-
`JAC POULTRY, INC.; PERDUE FARMS,
`INC.; PERDUE FOODS, LLC; WAYNE
`FARMS, LLC; SIMMONS FOODS, INC.;
`SIMMONS PREPARED FOODS, INC.; O.K.
`FOODS, INC.; O.K. FARMS, INC.; O.K.
`INDUSTRIES, INC.; HARRISON POULTRY,
`INC.; FOSTER FARMS, LLC; FOSTER
`POULTRY FARMS; NORMAN W. FRIES,
`INC. d/b/a CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS,
`INC.; MOUNTAIRE FARMS, INC.;
`MOUNTAIRE FARMS, LLC; MOUNTAIRE
`FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC.; CASE
`FOODS, INC.; CASE FARMS, LLC; CASE
`FARMS PROCESSING, INC.; and AGRI
`STATS, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`Case No.: 21-CV-3666
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`COMPLAINT
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`WOOD-FRUITTICHER GROCERY
`COMPANY, INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
`TYSON FOODS, INC.; TYSON CHICKEN,
`INC.; TYSON BREEDERS, INC.; TYSON
`POULTRY, INC.; PILGRIM’S PRIDE
`CORPORATION; KOCH FOODS, INC.; JCG
`FOODS OF ALABAMA, LLC; JCG FOODS
`OF GEORGIA, LLC; KOCH MEAT CO.,
`INC.; SANDERSON FARMS, INC.;
`SANDERSON FARMS, INC. (FOOD
`DIVISION); SANDERSON FARMS, INC.
`(PRODUCTION DIVISION); SANDERSON
`FARMS, INC. (PROCESSING DIVISION);
`HOUSE OF RAEFORD FARMS, INC.; MAR-
`JAC POULTRY, INC.; PERDUE FARMS,
`INC.; PERDUE FOODS, LLC; WAYNE
`FARMS, LLC; SIMMONS FOODS, INC.;
`SIMMONS PREPARED FOODS, INC.; O.K.
`FOODS, INC.; O.K. FARMS, INC.; O.K.
`INDUSTRIES, INC.; HARRISON POULTRY,
`INC.; FOSTER FARMS, LLC; FOSTER
`POULTRY FARMS; NORMAN W. FRIES,
`INC. d/b/a CLAXTON POULTRY FARMS,
`INC.; MOUNTAIRE FARMS, INC.;
`MOUNTAIRE FARMS, LLC; MOUNTAIRE
`FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC.; CASE
`FOODS, INC.; CASE FARMS, LLC; CASE
`FARMS PROCESSING, INC.; and AGRI
`STATS, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03666 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 2 of 4 PageID #:2
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`COMPLAINT
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Wood-Fruitticher Grocery Company, Inc. (“Wood-Fruitticher” or
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`“Plaintiff”) is an Alabama corporation with its principal place of business in Birmingham,
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`Alabama. Wood-Fruitticher is a foodservice distributor and wholesale company servicing the
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`Southeast United States.
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`2.
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`Wood-Fruitticher brings this action under the federal antitrust laws against the
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`Defendants identified below and incorporates by reference the factual allegations and reservations
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`of rights contained in the Direct Action Plaintiffs’ Amended Consolidated Complaint and Demand
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`for Jury Trial, filed in In re Broiler Antitrust Litigation, Civil Action No. 1:16-cv-08637 (ECF
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`4243; ECF 4244).
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`3.
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`Wood-Fruitticher joins Section II of the Direct Action Plaintiffs’ Amended
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`Consolidated Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial, adding the following to specify the Wood-
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`Fruitticher causes of action and the Defendants in the Wood-Fruitticher action.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03666 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 3 of 4 PageID #:3
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`Plaintiff
`Name
`Wood-
`Fruitticher
`Grocery
`Company,
`Inc.
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`Named Co-
`Conspirators
`Fieldale; Amick;
`George’s; Peco;
`Keystone; Allen
`Harim
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`Named
`Defendants1
`Agri Stats;
`Claxton; Foster
`Farms; Harrison;
`House of Raeford;
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Perdue;
`Pilgrim’s Pride;
`Sanderson;
`Simmons; Tyson;
`Wayne; Case
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`Causes of Action
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`Count I (Sherman Act
`Claim for all
`Anticompetitive
`Conduct); Count II
`(Sherman Act Claim
`for Output Restriction,
`Pled in the Alternative
`to Count I); Count III
`(Sherman Act Claim
`for GA Dock
`Manipulation, Pled in
`the Alternative to
`Count I)
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
`WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court:
`A. Enter joint and several judgments against all Defendants in favor of Plaintiff;
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`B. Award Plaintiff treble damages, of an amount to be determined at trial, to the maximum
`extent allowed under the federal antitrust laws;
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`C. Award Plaintiff post-judgment interest as provided by law, with such interest to be awarded
`at the highest legal rate;
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`D. Award Plaintiff its attorneys’ fees, litigation expenses, and costs, as provided by law;
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`E. Grant Plaintiff such other and further relief to which Plaintiff is entitled.
`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 named in this Complaint include the entire Defendant family of each Defendant
`in this table, identified in Section IV.B of ECF 4243/ECF 4244.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03666 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 4 of 4 PageID #:4
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`Dated: July 9, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Terence H. Campbell
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`Philip J. Iovieno
`Lawrence S. Brandman
`Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr.
`Karen C. Dyer
`Jack G. Stern
`Mark A. Singer
`Gillian Groarke Burns
`Elizabeth R. Moore
`CADWALADER, WICKERSHAM & TAFT LLP
`200 Liberty Street
`New York, NY 10281
`Tel: (212) 504-6000
`Fax: (212) 504-6666
`E-mail: philip.iovieno@cwt.com
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` lawrence.brandman@cwt.com
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` nicholas.gravante@cwt.com
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` karen.dyer@cwt.com
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` jack.stern@cwt.com
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` mark.singer@cwt.com
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`gillian.burns@cwt.com
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`elizabeth.moore@cwt.com
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`Terence H. Campbell
`Cotsirilos, Tighe, Streicker,
` Poulos & Campbell
`33 N. Dearborn, Ste. 600
`Chicago, IL 60602
`Tel: (312) 263-0345
`Fax: (312) 263-4670
`E-mail: tcampbell@cotsiriloslaw.com
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