Opinion
M.D.L. No. 1285, Misc. No. 99-0197 (TFH), Docket No. 99-2683 (TFH)., 99-2684 (TFH), 00-234 (TFH), 99-CV-1526 (TFH), 99-1780 (TFH), 99-2682 (TFH), 02-CV-00565 (TFH), 99-2685 (TFH), 99-2681 (TFH).
April 28, 2005
Richard J. Leveridge, DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO MORIN OSHINSKY LLP, Washington, D.C., Counsel for Plaintiffs Listed in Exhibit A.
W. Todd Miller, BAKER MILLER PLLC, Washington, DC, Counsel for Chinook Group Ltd. and Chinook Group, Inc.
STIPULATED ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE OF CLAIMS OF PLAINTIFFS AGAINST THE CHINOOK DEFENDANTS
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a), it is hereby stipulated and agreed that all claims in the above-captioned cases of the Plaintiffs listed in Exhibit A hereto are dismissed as against Defendants Chinook Group Ltd. and Chinook Group, Inc. with prejudice and without costs to either party. This Stipulated Order is without prejudice to the Plaintiffs' claims against any other defendants in the above-captioned cases.
So Ordered.
Exhibit A
Agway, Inc., Bartlett and Company, Bartlett Cattle Company LP, Bettencourt Dairy, Central Soya/Stutts Scientific Service, Consac Industries, Inc., Cypress Foods, Inc., Dairy Nutrition Services, Inc., Hudspeth Tilton, Partnership, Manna Pro, Inc. and Ventura Foods are not parties to this Settlement Agreement and are not releasing any claims hereunder.
1. Agri Beef Co., an Idaho corporation
2. Agri-King, Inc., an Illinois corporation
3. Alabama Farmers Cooperative, Inc., a cooperative formed under the laws of Alabama
4. Alan Ritchey, Inc. d/b/a Martindale Feed Mill, a Texas corporation
5. Allen's Hatchery, Inc., a Delaware corporation
6. Amistad Feeders, Inc. d/b/a Southwest Feed Yards, a New Mexico corporation
7. Animal Nutrition Systems, an Arizona corporation
8. Animix, LLC, a Wisconsin corporation
9. Arkat Feeds, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
10. B.C. Rogers Poultry, Inc., a Mississippi corporation
11. Benedict Feeding Co., an Arizona corporation
12. Big Gain, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
13. Blair Milling Elevator Co., Inc., a Kansas corporation
14. Blue Seal Feeds, Inc., a Delaware corporation
15. Branch Properties, Inc. d/b/a Seminole Feed and Seminole Stores, a Florida corporation
16. Braswell Milling Company d/b/a Braswell Foods, a North Carolina corporation
17. Cactus Operating, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership (including Cactus Feeders, Inc.)
18. Cagle's Farms, Inc., a Georgia corporation (including Cagle's, Inc.)
19. Cagle Foods JV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
20. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation
21. Campbell Soup Company, a New Jersey corporation
22. Case Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation
23. Cenex Harvest States Cooperatives, a Minnesota corporation
24. Central Farm Supply, Inc., an Ohio corporation
25. Central Industries, Inc., a Mississippi cooperative corporation
26. Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc., a Mississippi corporation
27. Chorney Chemical Company, a Canadian corporation
28. Circle S Ranch, a North Carolina corporation
29. Cocanougher Feed Co. Inc., a Texas corporation
30. Coharie Farms, a North Carolina corporation (including Coharie Mill and Supply Co, Inc.)
31. ContiGroup Companies, Inc. f/k/a Continental Grain Company, a Delaware corporation
32. Countrymark Cooperative, Inc., an Ohio cooperative corporation
33. Dawe's, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (including Dawes, Inc.)
34. DeKalb Feeds, Inc., an Iowa corporation
35. Diamond Cross, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Diamond Cross, Inc., a Texas corporation
36. Domain, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
37. Eagle Milling Company, Inc., an Arizona corporation
38. Eastern Minerals, Inc., a North Carolina corporation
39. Evergreen Mills, Inc. (merged with and into Kent Feeds, Inc. on 9/30/01)
40. Farmers Feed Supply Co., an Iowa corporation
41. Farmland Industries, Inc., a Kansas corporation
42. Fishbelt Feeds, Inc., a Mississippi corporation
43. FORM-A-FEED, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
44. Friona Industries, L.P., a Delaware company
45. Furst-McNess Co., an Illinois company
46. Garland Farm Supply, Inc., a North Carolina corporation
47. General Nutrition Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including but not limited to General Nutrition Products, Inc., but not including Rexall Sundown and its subsidiaries, Royal Numico NV and its non-US subsidiaries or Unicity International, Inc. and its subsidiaries)
48. George's, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
49. George's Farms, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
50. George's of Missouri, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
51. Gessell Feed Mill, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
52. Global Health Sciences Creditor's Trust, as successor-in-interest to Global Health Sciences, a California corporation d/b/a DF Industries, Inc. and Omnipac
53. Gold'n Plump Poultry, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
54. Golden Rod Feed Mill, Inc., an Alabama corporation
55. Golden State Feeds, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Golden State Feeds, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
56. GROWMARK, Inc., a Delaware corporation
57. Harrison Poultry, Inc., a Georgia corporation
58. Hitch Pork Producers, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation
59. Hitch Mills, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation
60. Hormel Foods Corporation, a Delaware corporation
61. Indi-Bel, Inc. d/b/a Delta Western, a Mississippi corporation
62. Integrated Grain Milling, a California corporation
63. International Nutrition, Inc., a Nebraska corporation
64. IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. f/k/a Zenith Goldline Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Florida corporation
65. JJ Dairy, an Idaho partnership
66. JK Farms, a South Carolina corporation
67. J.C. Howard Farms, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company
68. Jennie-O-Foods, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
69. Jerome Foods, Inc. d/b/a The Turkey Store, a Wisconsin corporation
70. Kalmbach Feeds, Inc., an Ohio corporation
71. Keith Smith Company, an Arkansas corporation
72. Kemin Industries, Inc., an Iowa corporation
73. Kent Feeds, Inc., an Iowa corporation
74. Kerber Milling Co., an Iowa corporation
75. Kraft Foods North America, Inc. f/k/a Kraft Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation
76. L.L. Murphrey Co., a North Carolina corporation
77. Land O' Lakes, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (but not including Agro Distribution LLC, and not including Nutra Blend LLC to the extent any claims held by it pre-date 6/30/00)
78. Land O'Lakes/Harvest States Feeds, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (but not including Agro Distribution LLC, and not including Nutra Blend LLC to the extent any claims held by it pre-date 6/30/00)
79. M and M Poultry Farms Four, Inc. f/k/a LK Enterprises, a Connecticut corporation (including KL Feed Mills Corp.)
80. Malt-O-Meal Company, a Minnesota corporation
81. Mar-Jac Poultry, Inc., a Georgia corporation
82. Marshall Durbin Farms, Inc., an Alabama corporation (including Marshall Durbin Companies)
83. Marshall Minerals, Inc., a Texas corporation (including SEM Minerals, LP)
84. McClain Enterprises, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
85. MFA Incorporated, a Missouri corporation
86. Midwest PMS, Inc., a Colorado corporation
87. Milbank Mills, Incorporated, a Missouri corporation
88. Milk Specialties Co., a Delaware corporation
89. Mission Pharmacal Company, a Texas corporation
90. Moark Egg Corporation as successor in interest to Moark Productions, Inc., a Missouri corporation
91. Moroni Feed Company, a Utah corporation
92. Mountaire Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation (including Mountaire Corporation)
93. Mountaire Farms, LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company
94. Naturalife Eco Vite Laboratories, Inc. d/b/a Paragon Laboratories, a California corporation
95. N.G. Purvis Farms, a North Carolina corporation
96. Norman W. Fries, Inc. d/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms, a Georgia corporation
97. North American Nutrition Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as successor-in-interest to Vigortone Ag Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (but not including any subsidiaries or affiliates of Provimi S.A., other than the former Vigortone Ag Products, Inc.)
98. OK Industries, Inc. d/b/a OK Feed Mills, an Arkansas corporation
99. OK Farms, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
100. Orangeburg Foods, Inc., a South Carolina corporation
101. Peco Farms, Inc., an Alabama corporation (including Peco Foods)
102. Pennfield Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation
103. PennField Oil Co. d/b/a PennField Animal Health, a Nebraska corporation
104. Performance Plus Liquids, Inc., a Nebraska corporation
105. Peterson Farms, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
106. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation of Virginia, Inc., the successor in interest to Wampler Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation
107. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a Delaware corporation
108. Premium Standard Farms, Inc., a Delaware corporation
109. Prince Agriproducts, Inc. d/b/a Prince Agri Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation
110. Producers Feed Company, a Mississippi corporation
111. Pro-Pet, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
112. Purina Mills, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Purina Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation
113. Quality Liquid Feeds, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
114. Rangen, Inc., an Idaho corporation
115. Reitsma Dairy, a sole proprietorship of John Reitsma
116. Renaissance Nutrition, Inc., a Virginia corporation
117. R.P. Scherer Corporation, a Delaware corporation (but not including the group of entities that were included in opt-out notifications on the basis of their affiliation with R.P. Scherer and that do not have the name "Scherer" or "R.P.S." in them, a group that includes only entities that, to the best of Scherer's knowledge, are not asserting claims against anyone on the basis of their purchases of Vitamins)
118. Sanderson Farms, Inc., a Mississippi corporation
119. Schell Kampeter, Inc. d/b/a Diamond Pet Foods, a Missouri corporation
120. Schreiber Foods, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
121. Seaboard Corporation, a Delaware corporation
122. S-I, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Rocco Farms, Inc., a Virginia corporation (including Rocco Enterprises, Inc.)
123. Simmons Foods, Inc., an Arkansas corporation
124. SmithKline Beecham Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation
125. Southeastern Minerals, Inc., a Georgia corporation (including SEM Minerals, LP)
126. Southern States Cooperative, Inc., a cooperative operating under the laws of Virginia
127. Sparboe Agricultural Corporation, a Minnesota corporation
128. Standard Nutrition Co. f/k/a Standard Manufacturing Co., a Nebraska corporation
129. Star Milling Co., a California corporation
130. Sunshine Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation
131. Sylvest Farms, Inc., an Alabama corporation
132. T.C. Products Co., Inc., a Wisconsin corporation
133. Tennessee Farmers Cooperative, a Tennessee cooperative marketing association
134. The Quaker Oats Company, a New Jersey corporation
135. Thomas Products, LLC, a California limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Thomas Products, Inc., a California corporation
136. Titan Supply Company, a Minnesota corporation
137. Townsends, Inc., a Delaware corporation
138. Tyson Chicken, Inc. f/k/a Hudson Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation
139. Tyson Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation
140. United Feeds, Inc., an Indiana corporation
141. Universal Cooperatives, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
142. Viking Feed Service, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
143. Vita-Key, LLC, a Texas limited liability company
144. Vita Plus Corporation, a Wisconsin corporation
145. VitaQuest International, Inc. f/k/a Garden State Nutritionals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
146. Vita Tech International, Inc., a California corporation
147. W.B. Fleming Co., a Florida corporation
148. Watkins Incorporated, a Minnesota corporation
149. Welch Foods, Inc., a cooperative, a Michigan corporation
150. Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
151. Westway Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (including E.D. F. Man, Inc.)
152. Willmar Poultry Farms, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
153. Willmar Poultry Company, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
154. Zacky Farms, LLC, a California limited liability company, as successor-in-interest to Zacky Farms, a California corporation
155. Zephyr Egg Company, a Florida corporation