Additional settlements – referred to in this notice as the New Settlements – have been reached in a class action antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs (“Plaintiffs”) of Broiler chicken. The new settlements are with Defendants: ● House of Raeford Farms, Inc. (“HRF”); ● Koch Foods, Inc.; JCG Foods of Alabama, LLC; JCG Foods of Georgia, LLC; and Koch Meat Co., Inc. (collectively, “Koch”); ● Foster Farms, LLC and Foster Poultry Farms LLC (collectively, “Foster Farms”); ● Perdue Farms, Inc. and Perdue Foods LLC (collectively, “Perdue”); ● Case Foods, Inc., Case Farms Processing, Inc., and Case Farms, LLC (collectively, “Case”); ● Norman W. Fries, Inc. d/b/a Claxton Poultry Farms (“Claxton”); ● Wayne Farms, LLC (“Wayne Farms”); ● Agri Stats, Inc. (“Agri Stats”); and ● Sanderson Farms, LLC (f/k/a Sanderson Farms, Inc.), Sanderson Farms Foods, LLC (f/k/a Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Foods Division)), Sanderson Farms Production, LLC (f/k/a Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Production Division)), and Sanderson Farms Processing, LLC (f/k/a Sanderson Farms, Inc. (Processing Division)) (collectively, “Sanderson Farms”) (collectively, the “New Settling Defendants” and “New Settlements”).

The New Settlements, along with the Previous Settlements, will resolve the litigation in full between the Direct Purchaser Plaintiff Class (“DPP Class”) and all Defendants.


This class action, In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation, N.D. Ill. Case No. 1:16-cv-08637, is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas M. Durkin presides over this class action.

Plaintiffs allege that Defendants and their Co-Conspirators conspired to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of Broilers, beginning at least as early as January 1, 2008. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants implemented their conspiracy in various ways, including via coordinated supply restrictions, sharing competitively sensitive price and production information, and otherwise manipulating Broiler prices, with the intent and expected result of increasing prices of Broilers in the United States, in violation of federal antitrust laws. Defendants deny the violation and deny causing damages.

The Court previously gave final approval to settlements between the Plaintiffs and Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride, Fieldale Farms, Peco, George’s, Amick, Mar-Jac, Harrison Poultry, Simmons, Mountaire, and O.K. Foods. The Court has now preliminarily approved the New Settlements with HRF, Koch, Foster Farms, Perdue, Case, Claxton, Wayne Farms, Agri Stats, and Sanderson Farms. If the Court gives final approval to these New Settlements, it will resolve the litigation in full between the Plaintiffs and all Defendants.

Your legal rights are affected whether you act or don’t act. Please read the information on this website and in the notice carefully. Additional information about eligibility, the Settlements, the lawsuit, and important Court documents may be found on the Court Documents and FAQ pages of this website.