lawsuit – Organization for Competitive Markets

DOJ MAKES STATEMENT OF INTEREST IN DFA CASE

OCM Staff — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:06:41 +0000

by Nicole Heslip Source: Brownfield Ag News The Department of Justice has filed a brief in an ongoing Dairy Farmers of America federal court case with Northeast dairy farmers. The Department says the cooperative’s actions are inconsistent with legal protections for co-ops in the Capper-Volstead Act and is not safeguarded from antitrust laws as DFA argues. Ben Gotschall with the Organization for Competitive Markets tells Brownfield the purpose of agriculture antitrust laws is to protect producers and they’re pleased to Read More ...

DOJ Antitrust Division Weighs in on Farmers’ Suit Against DFA

OCM Staff — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:17:03 +0000

by Chris Clayton Source: Progressive Farmer Ag Policy Blog The U.S. Department of Justice has come down on the side of a group of more than 100 dairy farmers in a federal lawsuit against the country’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America. As initially reported by the Food and Environment Reporting Network, a group of 116 Northeastern dairy farmers rejected to take part in a prior lawsuit settlement against DFA in 2016 and instead pressed their case Read More ...

Download the Complaint: U.S. vs. Monsanto and Delta and Pine Land

Mike Callicrate — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:07:23 +0000

U.S.vsMonsantoDelta_COMPLAINT

Download OCM’s Letter to the Court

Mike Callicrate — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:12:55 +0000

080414_ltr_OCM_to_Court