Nicholas v. Snider

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA EUGENE NICHOLAS, et al., No. 4:18-CV-01631 Plaintiffs, (Judge Brann) v. JEFFREY SNIDER, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION MARCH 9, 2021 I. BACKGROUND This is a case about cattle contracts, where one party fulfilled its end of the bargain, and the other has failed to pay. Through an intermediary named Michael Rogers, Plaintiffs sold hundreds of head of cattle to Defendants. Defendants shorted Plaintiffs, refusing to pay, and claimed that Rogers was a ne’er do well, actually in the midst of defrauding Defendants…