Legal Opinion
Blockum v. Fieldale Farms Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 25, 2002No. S02G0203PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
In October 1999, appellant Victor Blockum, a black poultry grower in Banks County, Georgia, sued appellee Fieldale Farms (“Fieldale”), a poultry integrator, alleging Fieldale had illegally terminated its contract with Blockum to grow poultry. The trial court granted summary judgment to Fieldale, and the Court of Appeals affirmed that judgment in an opinion issued pursuant to Rule 36 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals. We granted Blockum’s petition for a writ of certiorari and expressed particular interest in whether the grant of summary judgment was precluded by the…
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