SHELBY FARMS, LLC et al v. SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG et al
Plaintiff: SHELBY FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC and G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP
Defendant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG, SYNGENTA CORPORATION, Syngenta Crop Protection LLC, CORTEVA, INC., BASF SE, BASF CORPORATION, BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS GROUP, NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS, INC., HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC and DOE CO-CONSPIRATOR DISTRIBUTORS AND RETAILERS 1-200
Case Number: 1:2023cv00124
Filed: February 8, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Presiding Judge: JOI ELIZABETH PEAKE
Referring Judge: THOMAS D SCHROEDER
Nature of Suit: Anti-Trust
Cause of Action: 15 U.S.C. § 1 Antitrust Litigation
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
February 8, 2023 Filing 26 Case transferred in from District of Indiana Southern; Case Number 1:22-cv-02226. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received.
February 6, 2023 Filing 25 Transfer Letter to Clerk of the Middle District of North Carolina. Case transferred electronically to Middle District of North Carolina. IN RE: MDL - 3062 on 2/6/2023. (JSR) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
February 6, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 24 ORDER TRANSFER - to the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. IN RE: CROP PROTECTION PRODUCTS LOYALTY PROGRAM ANTITRUST LITIGATION MDL - 3062 on 2/6/2023. (Attachments: #1 Schedule A)(JSR) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 21, 2022 Filing 23 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. BASF CORPORATION waiver sent on 12/13/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 21, 2022 Filing 22 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. BASF SE waiver sent on 12/13/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 21, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 21 ORDER GRANTING RELATED PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE CASES - Court orders that the Related Actions are hereby consolidated pursuant to F.R.C.P. 42(a)(2). The Court directs that the filings in each matter carry the case number of the first-filed case, Justin W. Jenkins v. Syngenta Crop Protection AG, et al., Case No. 1:22-cv-01976-RLY-DLP. Consistent with the Court's November 29, 2022 Order (ECF No. 39), Defendants in the Related Actions shall have to and including January 30, 2023 to answer or otherwise respond to the complaints filed in the Related Actions. SEE ORDER. Signed by Judge Richard L. Young on 12/21/2022.(JRB) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 20, 2022 Filing 20 NOTICE of Appearance by Tristan Carl Fretwell on behalf of Defendant HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC. (Fretwell, Tristan) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 20, 2022 Filing 19 NOTICE of Appearance by Jackie M. Bennett, Jr on behalf of Defendant HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC. (Bennett, Jackie) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 16, 2022 Filing 18 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. CORTEVA, INC. waiver sent on 12/1/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 14, 2022 Filing 17 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC waiver sent on 12/1/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 14, 2022 Filing 16 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. SYNGENTA CORPORATION waiver sent on 12/1/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 14, 2022 Filing 15 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG waiver sent on 12/1/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 14, 2022 Filing 14 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed, filed by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, HANNA FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS, INC. waiver sent on 12/1/2022. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 14, 2022 Filing 13 RETURN of Service, filed by All Plaintiffs. HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC served on 12/9/2022. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit FedEx Proof of Delivery)(Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
December 1, 2022 Filing 12 NOTICE of Filing Motion to Consolidate Related Actions by All Plaintiffs (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1-Motion to Consolidate) (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 30, 2022 Filing 11 Corporate Disclosure Statement by G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 30, 2022 Filing 10 Corporate Disclosure Statement by CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 30, 2022 Filing 9 Corporate Disclosure Statement by HANNA FARMS, LLC. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 30, 2022 Filing 8 Corporate Disclosure Statement by SHELBY FARMS, LLC. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 23, 2022 Filing 7 PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES before Judge James Patrick Hanlon. (DWH) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 23, 2022 Filing 6 NOTICE to File Corporate Disclosure Statement to SHELBY FARMS, LLC. (RAGS) (DWH) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 18, 2022 Filing 5 MAGISTRATE JUDGE's NOTICE of Availability to Exercise Jurisdiction issued. (DJH) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 18, 2022 Filing 4 Summons Issued as to BASF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS GROUP, BASF CORPORATION, BASF SE, CORTEVA, INC., HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC, NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS, INC., SYNGENTA CORPORATION, SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG, and SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, LLC. (DJH) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 17, 2022 Filing 3 NOTICE of Related Action, filed by Plaintiffs CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, HANNA FARMS, LLC, SHELBY FARMS, LLC (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 17, 2022 Filing 2 NOTICE of Appearance by Scott D. Gilchrist on behalf of Plaintiffs CHOCTAW FARMS, LLC, G&P FARMS PARTNERSHIP, HANNA FARMS, LLC, SHELBY FARMS, LLC. (Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]
November 17, 2022 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against All Defendants, filed by All Plaintiffs. (Filing fee $402, receipt number AINSDC-7375449) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1 - Excerpts 2004 Syngenta LP, #2 Exhibit 2 - Excerpts 2016 Syngenta LP, #3 Exhibit 3 - Excerpts 2004 BASF LP, #4 Exhibit 4 - 2021 BASF Retailer Base Program, #5 Exhibit 5 - Excerpts 2005-2006 Du Pont LP, #6 Exhibit 6 - Excerpts 2015 Dupont LP, #7 Exhibit 7 - Corteva 2020-2021 Retailer Offers Brochure, #8 Exhibit 8 - BASF 2022 National Program Summary, #9 Civil Cover Sheet, #10 Proposed Summons Summons to All Defendants)(Gilchrist, Scott) [Transferred from Indiana Southern on 2/8/2023.]

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Defendant: HELENA AGRI-ENTERPRISES, LLC
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