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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`EASTERN DIVISION
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`Case No.: 21-cv-4354
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`COMPLAINT
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`McDONALD’S CORPORATION,
`Plaintiff,
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`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-04354 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/16/21 Page 2 of 4 PageID #:2
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`COMPLAINT
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`1.
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`Plaintiff McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s” or “Plaintiff”) is a Delaware
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`corporation with its principal place of business in Chicago, Illinois. McDonald’s Corporation has
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`established a global quick-service restaurant business operating under the McDonald’s brand with
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`over 39,000 restaurants in over 100 countries, including over 13,000 restaurants in the United
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`States.
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`2.
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`McDonald’s brings this action pursuant to assignments with The HAVI Group LP,
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`HAVI Global Solutions LLC, Lopez Foods, Inc., Dorada Poultry LLC, DeOro Foods LLC,
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`Armada Supply Chain Solutions, LLC, ATEC Systems, Ltd., and their affiliates and predecessors
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`with respect to direct purchases made in the United States for McDonald’s company-owned,
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`franchised and developmental licensee locations in the United States, U.S. territories, and Latin
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`America. The HAVI Group LP, HAVI Global Solutions LLC, Lopez Foods, Inc., Dorada Poultry
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`LLC, DeOro Foods LLC, Armada Supply Chain Solutions, LLC and ATEC Systems, Ltd. on
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`behalf of themselves and their affiliates and predecessors have assigned federal antitrust claims
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`based on those direct purchases to McDonald’s.
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`3.
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`McDonald’s 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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`4244).
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`4.
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`McDonald’s 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 McDonald’s causes of
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`action and the Defendants in McDonald’s action.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-04354 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/16/21 Page 3 of 4 PageID #:3
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`Plaintiff
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`McDonald’s
`Corporation
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`Named Co-
`Conspirators
`Fieldale; Amick;
`George’s; Peco;
`Tyson; 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; Wayne;
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`Causes of Action
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`Count I (Sherman Act
`Claim for all
`Anticompetitive
`Conduct); Count II
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`for Output Restriction,
`Pled in the Alternative
`to Count I); Count III
`(Sherman Act Claim
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`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 4244.
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`Case: 1:21-cv-04354 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/16/21 Page 4 of 4 PageID #:4
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`Dated: August 16, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Terence H. Campbell
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`Philip J. Iovieno
`Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr.
`Karen C. Dyer
`Jack G. Stern
`Gillian Groarke Burns
`Mark A. Singer
`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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` nicholas.gravante@cwt.com
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` karen.dyer@cwt.com
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` jack.stern@cwt.com
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` gillian.burns@cwt.com
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` mark.singer@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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