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Agri Stats, US DOJ spar over antitrust litigation schedule, Seventh Amendment

( December 30, 2025, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Agri Stats asked a Minnesota federal judge to reject an “unconventional, unprecedented and unconstitutional proposal” from the US Department of Justice and state co-plaintiffs to allow their information-sharing antitrust suit to proceed to trial in March 2026 before related class action price-fixing litigation against pork suppliers. “To go Government Plaintiffs’ way would require this Court to develop a heretofore unrecognized exception to the Seventh Amendment,” Agri Stats said in a letter filed in the District of Minnesota. In a separate letter, the DOJ argued that nothing about the Sherman and Clayton Acts' statutory scheme, “which specifically contemplates equitable enforcement trials preceding jury trials on private claims — violates a defendant’s Seventh Amendment jury rights.”See attached documents....

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