Case: 1:21-cv-04611 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/27/21 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:1
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`EASTERN DIVISION
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`COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION,
`Plaintiff,
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`Case No.: 21-cv-4611
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`COMPLAINT
`Jury Trial Demanded
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`vs.
`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.; 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.; 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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`COMPLAINT
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or “Plaintiff”) is a Washington
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`corporation with its principal place of business in Issaquah, Washington. Costco is a multinational
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`corporation which operates a chain of membership-only warehouse retail stores.
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`2.
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`Costco 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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`Costco 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 Costco causes of action
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`and the Defendants in Costco’s action.
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`Plaintiff
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`Costco
`Wholesale
`Corporation
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`Named
`Defendants1
`Agri Stats;
`Claxton; Harrison;
`House of Raeford;
`Koch; Mar-Jac;
`Mountaire; O.K.
`Foods; Sanderson;
`Simmons; Amick;
`George’s; Peco;
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`Named Co-
`Conspirators
`Fieldale;
`Pilgrim’s; Tyson;
`Foster Farms;
`Perdue; Wayne;
`Keystone; Allen
`Harim
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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
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`Manipulation, Pled in
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`Count I)
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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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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
`WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court:
`A. Enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff against all Defendants based on both their individual
`liability and joint and several liability;
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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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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Terence H. Campbell
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`Terence H. Campbell
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`Cotsirilos, Tighe, Streicker,
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`33 N. Dearborn, Ste. 600
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`Chicago, IL 60602
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`Tel: (312) 263-0345
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`Fax: (312) 263-4670
`E-mail: tcampbell@cotsiriloslaw.com
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`Local Counsel for Plaintiff
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`Dated: August 27, 2021
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`Philip J. Iovieno
`Nicholas A. Gravante, Jr.
`Karen C. Dyer
`Lawrence S. Brandman
`Jack G. Stern
`Gillian G. Burns
`Mark A. Singer
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`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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` lawrence.brandman@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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`Stuart H. Singer
`BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
`401 East Las Olas Blvd.
`Suite 1200
`Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
`Tel: (954) 356-0011
`E-mail: ssinger@bsfllp.com
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