Legal Opinion
Larry Leonhardt, Dan Laursen, and Rick Rodriquez, Rodriquez Farms, Inc. v. Western Sugar Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1998No. 97-8078PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Wyoming sugar beet farmers, appeal the dismissal of their class action against defendant, Western Sugar Company. Plaintiffs’ federal cause of action, alleging a violation of the Agricultural Fair Practices Act (“AFPA”), was dismissed for failure to state a claim. Because not all members of the class satisfied the $75,000 jurisdictional amount required under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 for a diversity action, the court declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ state law claims and dismissed them without prejudice. This appeal followed.…
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