U.S. District Judge John Tunheim ruled in the District of Minnesota that Tyson and other pork producers and integrators must face lawsuits from buyers accusing them of price fixing.
Three classes and dozens of direct action plaintiffs allege that Agri Stats, Clemens Food Group, JBS, Hormel Foods, Seaboard Foods, Smithfield Foods, Triumph Foods and Tyson Foods conspired to limit the supply of pork and fix prices. In a 232-page order, Tunheim dismissed Hormel as a defendant but found enough evidence for a jury to decide on antitrust claims against the other companies.
