Kurtz v. ASR Group International, Inc. et al (0:24-cv-02348), Minnesota District Court

Kurtz v. ASR Group International, Inc. et al

Consolidated
Lead case: 0:24-md-03110

Minnesota District Court
Judge:	Jerry W Blackwell
Referred:	David T Schultz
Case #:	0:24-cv-02348
Nature of Suit	410 Other Statutes - Antitrust
Cause	15:15 Antitrust Litigation

Case Filed:	Jun 25, 2024
Case in other court:	New York Southern, 1:24-cv-03968

Docket
Parties (8)

Last checked: Saturday Aug 10, 2024 4:43 AM CDT

Defendant ASR Group International, Inc.
Defendant American Sugar Refining, Inc.
Defendant Commodity Information, Inc.
Defendant Domino Foods, Inc.
Defendant Michigan Sugar Company
Defendant United Sugar Producers & Refiners Cooperative
Defendant Richard Wistisen
Plaintiff Stacy Kurtz	Represented By Peter Anthony Barile, III Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. contact info Sitso W Bediako Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. contact info Nicole A. Veno Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. contact info Peter St. Phillip, Jr. Lowey Dannenberg, P.C. contact info

Docket last updated: 3 hours ago

Tuesday, August 20, 2024
17		17 minutes Status Conference Tue 08/20 5:41 PM (Text-Only) MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Judge Jerry W. Blackwell on 8/20/2024: Status Conference. Court Reporter: Erin Drost St. Paul Courthouse, Courtroom 3B Time: 2:06 pm 3:15 pm Total Time: 1 hour 9 minutes APPEARANCES: For Plaintiff(s): Daniel Hedlund, Alexandra Bernay, Kimberly Justice, Shawn Raiter, Heidi Silton, Dave Cialkowski, Josh Rissman, Michael Flannery, Bobby Pouya, Peter Barile, Adam Zapala, Daniel Warshaw, Melissa Wiener, Abou Anara; Rita Wang, Michele Burkholder, Karen Halbert, Mike Roberts, Erich Schork, Garrett Blanchfield, Elizabeth Fegan, Rachhana Srey, Scott Martin, Joseph Kohn, Christopher Le, Sitso Bediako, Nicole Veno, Michelle Looby, Andrew Wolinsky; Arthur Shingler, Dayron Silverio, Peter Prieto, Joseph Bourne, Jessica Servais, Israel David, Alexander Barrett, Brant Penney For Defendant(s): Lawerence Buterman, Todd Stenerson, Djordje Petkoski, Benjamin Waldin, Moira Penza, Jessica Nelson; Amelia Rasmussen, Gina Tonn, Aaron Knoll, Andre Hanson, Jill Radloff, Dan Mott PROCEEDINGS: Discussion regarding case status. Associated Cases: 0:24-md-03110-JWB-DTS et al. (DMD) Related: [-]
Monday, August 19, 2024
16		16 order Order/Notice to Attorney Mon 08/19 1:22 PM NOTICE TO ATTORNEY. Agenda for August 20, 2024 Initial Pretrial Conference. Signed by Judge Jerry W. Blackwell on 8/19/2024. Associated Cases: 0:24-md-03110-JWB-DTS et al. (DMD) Related: [-]
Friday, August 16, 2024
15		15 order Order/Notice to Attorney Fri 08/16 11:21 AM (Text-Only) TEXT ORDER/NOTICE TO ATTORNEYS. As stated in Pretrial Order No. 1, counsel who will be trying the case or who in your judgment are likely to be involved in directing any substantive aspect of the case should be present for the August 20, 2024 conference. Counsel who intend to seek a leadership position must attend the initial conference. Attorney Dan Gustafson is excused from attending the conference pursuant to the Text Order at Doc. No. 94. All other attorneys of record will be provided a Zoom link from chambers for a listen-in-only option for attending the conference. People using the Zoom link will not be allowed to speak. The Zoom link will be used for listening only. People using the Zoom link should log into Zoom by 1:45 pm on August 20, 2024. Ordered by Judge Jerry W. Blackwell on 8/16/2024. Associated Cases: 0:24-md-03110-JWB-DTS et al. (DMD) Related: [-]
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
14		14 service Waiver of Service Executed Wed 07/31 9:07 AM WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by Stacy Kurtz. Domino Foods, Inc. waiver sent on 7/30/2024, answer due 9/30/2024. (Barile, Peter) Related: [-]
13		13 service Waiver of Service Executed Wed 07/31 9:06 AM WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by Stacy Kurtz. ASR Group International, Inc. waiver sent on 7/30/2024, answer due 9/30/2024. (Barile, Peter) Related: [-]
12		12 service Waiver of Service Executed Wed 07/31 9:05 AM WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed filed by Stacy Kurtz. American Sugar Refining, Inc. waiver sent on 7/30/2024, answer due 9/30/2024. (Barile, Peter) Related: [-]
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
11		11 order MDL Pretrial Order Wed 07/17 9:29 AM MDL PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1. Signed by Judge Jerry W. Blackwell on 7/17/2024. Associated Cases: 0:24-md-03110-JWB-DTS et al. (DMD) Related: [-]
Thursday, June 27, 2024
10		10 service Summons Issued Thu 06/27 12:10 PM Summons Issued as to Richard Wistisen. (MMP) Related: [-]
9		9 service Summons Issued Thu 06/27 11:03 AM Summons Issued as to Commodity Information, Inc. (MMP) Related: [-]
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
8		8 service Request to Clerk's Office to Issue Summons Wed 06/26 4:45 PM TEXT ONLY ENTRY: Request to Clerk's Office to Issue Summons for Commodity Information, Inc., Richard Wistisen. (Bediako, Sitso) Related: [-]
7		7 notice Notice of Appearance Wed 06/26 4:43 PM NOTICE of Appearance by Sitso W Bediako on behalf of Stacy Kurtz. (Bediako, Sitso) Related: [-]
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
6		6 transfer Case Transferred In - District Transfer Tue 06/25 1:22 PM Case transferred in from District of New York Southern; Case Number 1:24-cv-03968. Original file certified copy of transfer order and docket sheet received. Case assigned to Judge Jerry W. Blackwell and referred to Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz per MDL List. Related: [-]
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
5		5 transfer Case Transferred In - District Transfer Tue 06/25 10:31 AM CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CONDITIONAL MDL TRANSFER OUT ORDER FROM THE MDL PANEL...transferring this action from the U.S.D.C. - S.D.N.Y to the United States District Court - District of Minnesota. (Signed by MDL Panel on 6/18/2024) (vba) Related: [-]
		MDL TRANSFER OUT ELECTRONICALLY: to the United States District Court - District of Minnesota.(vba) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		misc Staff Notes Tue 06/25 10:32 AM MDL TRANSFER OUT ELECTRONICALLY: to the United States District Court - District of Minnesota.(vba) Related: [-]
Friday, June 07, 2024
		CASE ACCEPTED AS RELATED. Create association to 1:24-cv-01941-RA. Notice of Assignment to follow. (tro) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		NOTICE OF CASE REASSIGNMENT to Judge Ronnie Abrams. Judge Unassigned is no longer assigned to the case..(tro) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		Magistrate Judge James L. Cott is designated to handle matters that may be referred in this case. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1) parties are notified that they may consent to proceed before a United States Magistrate Judge. Parties who wish to consent may access the necessary form at the following link:[LINK:https://nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/2018-06/AO-3.pdf] . (tro) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
Thursday, May 23, 2024
4		4 STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS re: that this action be filed as related to 24-cv-1941 (RA). Document filed by Stacy Kurtz..(Briganti, Vincent) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING PARTY MODIFICATION. Notice to attorney Vincent Briganti. The party information for the following party/parties has been modified: United Sugar Producers & Refiners Cooperative f/k/a United Sugars Corporation. The information for the party/parties has been modified for the following reason/reasons: alias party type was entered incorrectly. (sj) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		***NOTICE TO ATTORNEY REGARDING DEFICIENT RELATED CASE STATEMENT. Notice to attorney Vincent Briganti to RE-FILE Document No. 3 Statement of Relatedness,. The filing is deficient for the following reason(s): the PDF attached to the docket entry for the related case statement is not correct; the related case statement was not signed. Re-file the document using the event type Statement of Relatedness found under the event list Other Documents - select the correct filer - enter the related case number when prompted - and attach the correct PDF. (sj) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		CASE OPENING INITIAL ASSIGNMENT NOTICE: The above-entitled action is assigned to Judge Unassigned. (sj) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		Case Designated ECF. (sj) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
		CASE REFERRED TO Judge Ronnie Abrams as possibly related to 1:24cv1941 (sj) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
3		3 FILING ERROR - DEFICIENT STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS - PDF ERROR STATEMENT OF RELATEDNESS re: that this action be filed as related to 24-cv-1941 (RA). Document filed by Stacy Kurtz..(Briganti, Vincent) Modified on 5/23/2024 (sj). [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
2		2 CIVIL COVER SHEET filed..(Briganti, Vincent) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]
1		1 COMPLAINT against ASR Group International, Inc., American Sugar Refining, Inc., Commodity Information, Inc., Domino Foods, Inc., Michigan Sugar Company, United Sugar Producers & Refiners Cooperative f/k/a United Sugars Corporation, Richard Wistisen. (Filing Fee $ 405.00, Receipt Number ANYSDC-29391401)Document filed by Stacy Kurtz..(Briganti, Vincent) [Transferred from New York Southern on 6/25/2024.] Related: [-]

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