Gordon Grocery, Inc. v. Associated Wholesalers, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIS, District Judge.

Plaintiff Gordon Grocery, Inc., is a shareholder in defendant Associated Wholesalers, Inc., which is a Pennsylvania corporation operating as a cooperative engaged in the business of purchasing, manufacturing, processing, warehousing and distributing food and related merchandise for retail merchant shareholders such as plaintiff. As of Fall 2005, plaintiff owned 282 shares of Class A common stock in defendant. At about that time, defendant notified plaintiff that plaintiff had failed to satisfy the minimum purchase requirements of the cooperative.…