Tyson Foods, Cargill and National Beef have asked a federal appeals court to overturn a decision allowing cattle producers to pursue a class-action lawsuit alleging the companies conspired to suppress fed cattle price
They say that cattle producers failed to demonstrate that the alleged conspiracy caused widespread harm sufficient to justify class certification.
The appeal challenges a July 16 ruling by U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in Minnesota certifying a class of fed cattle producers seeking approximately $27 billion in damages.
