Legal Opinion
Great Rivers Cooperative v. Farmland Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1999No. 98-2527, 98-2528PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WATERS, District Judge.
In this class action, Great Rivers Cooperative of Southeastern Iowa, an Iowa farm cooperative, Sawyer Cooperative’ Equity Exchange, a Kansas farm cooperative, and Roger Tacey, a Nebraska resident and hog producer, 2 both individually and on behalf of the class, appeal the district court’s 3 partial summary judgment orders rejecting their securities claims, their unjust enrichment claim, and a portion of their breach of fiduciary duty claims. Farmland Industries, Inc., a Kansas farm cooperative, Harry Cleberg, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President, and a director…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Great Rivers Cooperative Of Southeastern Iowa v. Farmland Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999