Legal Opinion
Shepherd Seed Co. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, Inc.
United States District Court
Decided June 21, 2018No. 3:18–CV–03001–RALPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTO A. LANGE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiff Shepherd Seed Company, LLC (Shepherd Seed) sued Defendant Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (Pioneer) for breach of contract, claiming that Pioneer owes it bonus payments for selling Pioneer's soybean seed. Doc. 8. Pioneer moved to dismiss Shepherd Seed's amended complaint, arguing that the statute of frauds made the alleged contract unenforceable. Doc. 9. Because Shepherd Seed has adequately pleaded an exception to the statute of frauds, Pioneer's motion to dismiss is denied.
I. Facts
In 2010, Scott Johnson, a Pioneer representative,…
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