The lawsuit has prompted Easterday to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection fromTyson, Washington Trust Bank and other unsecured creditors owed about $238 million.
Superior Court Judge Samuel Swanberg has approved Washington Trust’s request for a temporary restraining order against a separate entity, Easterday Farms, Inc., to prevent it from selling crops or assets, according to a report in The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington.
Two hundred thousand is a lot of missing cattle.
