Sysco Corporation v. Stats
Sysco Corporation v. Agri Stats, Inc., et al.; Sysco Corporation v. Cargill Inc., et al.
- John Tunheim
- 0:18-cv-01776
- U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
- 2
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In Sysco v. JBS, Judge Tunheim granted reconsideration, vacated prior judgments enforcing a settlement, denied JBS’s motions, and reinstated Sysco’s claims.
Sysco’s claims against JBS were reinstated. The prior orders and judgments enforcing the settlement were vacated, and JBS’s motions to enforce the settlement and for summary dismissal were denied.
What happened
In Sysco Corporation v. Agri Stats, Inc. and Sysco Corporation v. Cargill Inc., Sysco asked the court to reconsider a March 25, 2025 decision that enforced a settlement agreement with JBS. JBS did not oppose the request.
The court considered the case record and a recent Seventh Circuit decision. The opinion does not provide further reasoning explaining why that decision required reconsideration.
The court granted Sysco’s reconsideration motion, vacated the earlier order and resulting judgments, and denied JBS’s motions to enforce the settlement and for summary dismissal of Sysco’s claims. Judge John R. Tunheim therefore reinstated Sysco’s claims against JBS in both matters.
The detailed version
- Sysco Corporation v. Stats · No. 0:18-cv-01776
- John Tunheim
- May 4, 2026
Background
Sysco Corporation moved for reconsideration of the court’s March 25, 2025 memorandum opinion and order. That earlier decision granted a motion by JBS USA Food Company, JBS Packerland, Inc., Swift Beef Company, and JBS S.A. to enforce a settlement agreement with Sysco. JBS did not oppose Sysco’s reconsideration motion.
The order concerns Sysco’s claims in two related matters: the pork antitrust litigation and the cattle and beef antitrust litigation. The court considered the files, records, and proceedings and a recent Seventh Circuit decision, In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation. The opinion does not state additional reasoning explaining the effect of that decision.
Ruling
The court granted Sysco’s motion for reconsideration. It vacated the earlier memorandum opinion and order and the judgments entered based on that ruling. It also denied JBS USA Food Company’s motion to enforce the settlement with Sysco in the pork litigation and denied the motion by JBS USA Food Company, Swift Beef Company, JBS Packerland, Inc., and JBS S.A. for summary dismissal of Sysco’s claims in the cattle and beef litigation.
The court stated that Sysco’s claims against JBS were reinstated in both matters. The order was signed by United States District Judge John R. Tunheim on May 4, 2026.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.