Source:  BLADEN JOURNAL, 10/12/20



More than eight months after a 90-day window for decision, and about six-plus months since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered most of America, there is no immediate end in sight for lawsuits involving hog farms in southeastern North Carolina. Judgment at the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, is pending involving the plaintiffs, Smithfield Foods’ subsidiary Murphy-Brown and Bladen County farmers. The court’s calendar does have arguments in other cases scheduled to be heard remotely this week, and Oct. 23 through Nov. 2.

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