by Bra5c0 | Aug 25, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Judge Earl Britt has entered an order in the cases, and other developments are underway, that would allow for three actions in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits: Appeals can begin on the first three trials, which is much earlier than previously planned. The parties agree...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Court papers filed in the ongoing hog farm nuisance litigation say that a new judge will preside over some trials going forward. Judge David A. Faber, of West Virginia, has been assigned to what are known as the “fourth” and “sixth” trial...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
The North Carolina Pork Council has joined with the National Pork Producers Council to urge reversal of a judge’s order that seeks to gag communications about nuisance lawsuits filed against more than two dozen North Carolina hog farms. The North Carolina Pork Council...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 3, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
“He that is of an Opinion that Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money.” – From Benjamin Franklin’s 1753 “Poor Richard’s Almanack” The Texas lawyer was deep into his closing argument in the third hog farm trial on...
by Bra5c0 | Jul 31, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
One of the hardest things about watching the third hog farm trial is to also watch a litany of courtroom distortions, especially about the people ultimately in charge of the farms at issue in this trial. It’s a group led by a man named Dean Hilton. In court, the Texas...
