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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`Case No.: 21-CV-3668
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`COMPLAINT
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`QUALITY SUPPLY CHAIN CO-OP, 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; GEORGE’S, INC.; GEORGE’S
`FARMS, INC.; SIMMONS FOODS, INC.;
`SIMMONS PREPARED FOODS, INC.; O.K.
`FOODS, INC.; O.K. FARMS, INC.; O.K.
`INDUSTRIES, INC.; PECO FOODS, 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.; AMICK FARMS, LLC; CASE FOODS,
`INC.; CASE FARMS, LLC; CASE FARMS
`PROCESSING, INC.; and AGRI STATS, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-03668 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 2 of 4 PageID #:2
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`COMPLAINT
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`Plaintiff Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc. (“QSCC” or “Plaintiff”) is a Delaware
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`corporation with its principal place of business in Dublin, Ohio. QSCC is an independent
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`purchasing cooperative for Wendy’s supply chain in North America. QSCC is the third-largest
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`purchasing cooperative in the quick-service restaurant industry.
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`2.
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`QSCC brings this action on its own behalf and pursuant to assignments with The
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`SYGMA Network, Inc., The Sysco Corporation, Performance Food Group, Quality Custom
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`Distribution Services, Inc., Southeastern Food Merchandisers, LP, Shamrock Food Company,
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`Upper Lake Foods, Inc., ULF Janesville, LLC, Willow Foods Run, Inc., Harvest Distribution, Inc.
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`and their affiliates and predecessors with respect to direct purchases from Defendants made for the
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`Wendy’s system, supply chain and operators. The SYGMA Network, Inc., The Sysco
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`Corporation, Performance Food Group, Quality Custom Distribution Services, Inc., Southeastern
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`Food Merchandisers, LP, Shamrock Food Company, Upper Lake Foods, Inc., ULF Janesville,
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`LLC, Willow Foods Run, Inc., and Harvest Distribution, Inc. on behalf of themselves and their
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`affiliates and predecessors have assigned federal antitrust claims based on those direct purchases
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`to QSCC.
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`3.
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`QSCC 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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`Case: 1:21-cv-03668 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 3 of 4 PageID #:3
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`4.
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`QSCC 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 the QSCC causes of action
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`and the Defendants in the QSCC action.
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`Plaintiff
`Name
`Quality
`Supply
`Chain Co-op,
`Inc.
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`Named Co-
`Conspirators
`Fieldale;
`Keystone; Allen
`Harim
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`Named
`Defendants1
`Agri Stats; Amick;
`Claxton; Foster
`Farms; George’s;
`Harrison; House of
`Raeford; Koch;
`Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Peco;
`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.
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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-03668 Document #: 1 Filed: 07/09/21 Page 4 of 4 PageID #:4
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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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`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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`Counsel for Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc.
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