News Source: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
| 4 months ago
A federal judge on Wednesday forbade Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson from pursuing $611 million in damages against Arkansas poultry companies because he failed to include the Cherokee Nation in a lawsuit. Judge Greg Frizzell said Edmondson's...
News Source: Tulsa World
| 4 months ago
The state of Oklahoma cannot continue to pursue damages totaling more than $600 million in its lawsuit against the poultry industry because it failed to properly include the Cherokee Nation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday...District Judge Gregory...
News Source: The Morning News
| 4 months ago
The Illinois River flows through Northwest Arkansas and northeast Oklahoma. The watershed of the river includes some of the poultry producing region of Northwest Arkansas. "The Cherokee Nation is an indispensable party and, pursuant to (federal court)...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 months ago
A federal judge says the state of Oklahoma can't pursue monetary damages in its lawsuit against Arkansas poultry companies that it claims has polluted its watershed...Frizzell ruled Wednesday that Oklahoma can't seek damages because it didn't include...
News Source: The Morning News
| 4 months ago
A federal court judge dismissed all claims to monetary damages against Arkansas poultry companies in a water quality lawsuit brought by the state of Oklahoma. The Cherokee Nation is an "indispensable" party to any such lawsuit and Oklahoma Attorney...
News Source: Tulsa World
| 4 months ago
District Judge Gregory Frizzell sided with poultry industry assertions that portions of the lawsuit should be dismissed because the state lacks standing to pursue the pollution damage claims on its own. “This court concludes that, with respect to...