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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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`IN RE PORK ANTITRUST
`LITIGATION
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`This Document Relates To:
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`THE COMMERCIAL AND
`INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASER
`PLAINTIFF ACTION
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`Case No. 18-cv-1776 (JRT/HB)
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`Motion for Preliminary Approval of
`Class Action Settlement Between
`the Commercial and Institutional
`Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs and
`Defendant Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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`Commercial and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs respectfully move the Court
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`for preliminary approval of the class action settlement between Commercial and Institutional
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`Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs and Defendant Smithfield Foods, Inc. This motion is based on
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`Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and the concurrently filed memorandum of law and
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`supporting declaration as well as any other evidence and arguments presented through the
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`Court at any hearing on this motion.
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`April 8, 2022
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`Larson · King, LLP
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`Dated:
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`s/ Shawn M. Raiter
`By
`Shawn M. Raiter (#240424)
`2800 Wells Fargo Place
`30 East Seventh Street
`St. Paul, MN 55101
`(651) 312-6500
`sraiter@larsonking.com
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`CASE 0:18-cv-01776-JRT-HB Doc. 1252 Filed 04/08/22 Page 2 of 2
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`Jonathan W. Cuneo (admitted pro hac vice)
`Blaine Finley (admitted pro hac vice)
`Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP
`4725 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 200
`Washington, DC 20016
`(202) 789-3960
`jonc@cuneolaw.com
`bfinley@cuneolaw.com
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`Interim Co-Lead Counsel for the Commercial
`and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs
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