Legal Opinion
Smithfield Foods Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 21, 2008No. Civil Action No. 3:07cv641PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERT E. PAYNE, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the Consolidated Motion of all Defendants to Amend Answers (Docket No. 175). For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied.
BACKGROUND
Smithfield Foods, Inc. is a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in Smithfield, Virginia. Amended Compl. at H 8. Smithfield Packaging Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. Id. at 119. Smithfield’s largest asset is its pork processing plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina. Id. The Tar Heel plant is the world’s largest pork…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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