U.S. justices skeptical toward Tyson class action appeal

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

U.S. justices skeptical toward Tyson class action appeal
Reuters
By Lawrence Hurley
November 10, 2015 1:43 PM

By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Tuesday toward Tyson Foods Inc's challenge to an almost $5.8 million class action judgment in a case that could buck the court's recent pro-business trend in such disputes.

Conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often casts the deciding vote in close cases before the nine-member court, and the four liberal justices appeared hostile to Tyson's claims during a one-hour oral argument.

Tyson is appealing a jury verdict over claims that it underpaid workers at an Iowa pork facility. Based on questions asked by the justices, the case is unlikely to lead to a ruling cutting back on class action litigation, a goal for a business community eager to rein in big-money payouts in such lawsuits.

Kennedy could hold the key vote in handing a possible narrow victory to the plaintiffs. Kennedy expressed concerns about Tyson's legal strategy, telling attorney Carter Phillips at one point: "I just don't understand your arguments."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/u-justices-express-skepticism-toward-tyson-class-action-163149445--finance.html

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1. Tyson Food another corpoarte slacker, when it comes to principles, like overtime pay................

and then asking for redress-------------that's pretty audacious

http://ir.tyson.com/investor-relations/news-releases/news-releases-details/2014/Tyson-Continues-Growth-With-Record-Third-Quarter-Earnings-Projects-at-Least-10-EPS-Growth-in-2015/default.aspx


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