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March 28, 2007 March 27, 2006 March 27, 2006 Jury Nullification by Mike Callicrate Fri, Aug. 26, 2005 December 27, 2004 OCM Optimistic Pickett July Verdict will be Reinstated
December 24, 2004
November 2004
Journal of Agriculural & Food Industrial Organization - Proving Anti-Competitive Conduct in the U.S. Courtroom: The Plaintiff's Argument in Pickett v Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. - David A. Domina
April 26, 2004
Picket versus IBP isn't over - Copyright 2004 (C) CommStock Investments, Inc. - David Kruse
When U.S. District Judge Lyle Strom overthrew a jury verdict against IBP in the Pickett versus Tyson cattleman's class action lawsuit, I wasn't shocked or surprised. I didn’t think the system worked and the Judge only confirmed my suspicion. My initial response was that if a judge can overrule a jury, why bother with the jury process? Why should plaintiffs even bother to argue a case to a jury when a judge has veto power over the procedure? It seems like a whole lot of trouble and expense to go through to pick a jury, disturb their lives, have Tyson lawyers and economists insult them as not being smart enough to decide a case this complicated, and then have the judge pitch their finding. If I was one of the jurors, I think I'd find Judge Strom in contempt of court. It's hard not to have contempt for such a system.
April 24, 2004
Judge Throws Out Picket Verdict
A federal judge Friday overturned a $1.28 billion jury verdict in the Pickett vs. Tyson Fresh Meat case that found the company manipulated cattle prices, said Steve Cady, executive director of the Organization for Competitive Markets.
April 2, 2004
Cattlemen: Nebraska is key in battles with meatpackers - George Lauby - North Platte Bulletin
Nebraska is a key state in a fierce struggle for control of the American live cattle industry, and there are no gray lines, five men involved in the Pickett v. IBP antitrust case said in North Platte Friday.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Falfurrias . . . a question of power . . . Subject: Mr. Swift and Mr. Hoover - It is not a question of what is right...it is a question of power… Friday, March 26, 2004
America’s Cattlemen’s Trial It was Monday, February 9, 2004 – the evening before closing argument. The jury would get the case tomorrow. I was in my hotel room worrying about the result. We had put on a strong case with four weeks of evidence showing that Tyson had used captive supplies to push cattle prices lower. But would the jury see it that way? Would they find that we missed something? Tuesday, February 17, 2004
A Red Letter Day for the U.S. Cattle Industry: Alabama Jury Rules for Cattle Producers in Landmark Competition Case (Billings, MT) R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America (R-CALF USA) heralded the jury verdict in the landmark Pickett vs. IBP class action cattle competition lawsuit. Today the jury awarded $1.28 billion to the cattlemen suing Tyson/IBP for using captive supplies to negatively manipulate live cattle prices. February 24, 2004
IN-DE-FENCE-A-BULL - Lee Pitts 2/24/03 - Front Page Story Livestock Market Digest
For the last few years I’ve had these nagging feelings of OPTIMISM regarding the possibility that cattlemen would NOT become a herd of contract cowboys working as serfs on their own land for the benefit of the big three packers. Admittedly, there was a brief bout of depression following the merger of our checkoff dollars with the NCBA, but then it dawned on me: That merger and the increasing arrogance of NCBA afterwards was what made cowboys mad enough to change the direction our industry was headed. Without it we may never have had R-CALF or Pickett versus IBP.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Economist made the winning case against Tyson
Lawyers tend to get the glory in any historic court case, which the Pickett case could be if it survives appeals. But in the verdict reached against Tyson Fresh Meats in Montgomery, Alabama today, it may have been an economist who made all the difference.
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