Wallace et al v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Filing 1

NOTICE OF REMOVAL by ConAgra Foods, Inc. from Dakota County District Court, case number Unknown. ( Filing fee $ 350 receipt number 3-009652) assigned to Judge Donovan W. Frank per Master List and referred to Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel, filed by ConAgra Foods, Inc. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1: Complaint, Summons; Exhibits A - K, # 2 Declaration of Matt Russell, # 3 Notice of Filing of Notice of Removal to Federal Court, # 4 Civil Cover Sheet, # 5 Certificate of Service). (lmb)

CIVIL COVER SHEET

JS 44 (Rev. 09/11)

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as
provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the
purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)

I. (a) PLAINTIFFS
Melvin Wallace, Shirley Hardt, Lewis Simpson, and William
Cobb, Erica Davis-Holder, et al. (See attached sheet)
(b)

County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff

DEFENDANTS
ConAgra Foods, Inc., d/b/a Hebrew National, a Delaware
corporation

Dakota County, MN

County of Residence of First Listed Defendant

(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)
NOTE:

(c)

New Castle, Delaware

(IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)
IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF
THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.

Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number)

Attorneys (If Known)

Hart L. Robinovitch, Zimmerman Reed, PLLP, 14646 N.
Kierland Blvd, Ste. 145, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 (See attached)

Jerry W. Blackwell, Corey L. Gordon, Blackwell Burke, P.A.,
431 S. 7th St., Ste. 2500 (See attached)

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION

(Place an “X” in One Box Only)

1

U.S. Government
Plaintiff

3 Federal Question
(U.S. Government Not a Party)

2

U.S. Government
Defendant

III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an “X” in One Box for Plaintiff)

4 Diversity
(Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)

(For Diversity Cases Only)
PTF
Citizen of This State
1

DEF
1

and One Box for Defendant)
PTF
DEF
Incorporated or Principal Place
4
4
of Business In This State

CONTRACT
110 Insurance
120 Marine
130 Miller Act
140 Negotiable Instrument
150 Recovery of Overpayment
& Enforcement of Judgment
151 Medicare Act
152 Recovery of Defaulted
Student Loans
(Excl. Veterans)
153 Recovery of Overpayment
of Veteran’s Benefits
160 Stockholders’ Suits
190 Other Contract
195 Contract Product Liability
196 Franchise

REAL PROPERTY
210 Land Condemnation
220 Foreclosure
230 Rent Lease & Ejectment
240 Torts to Land
245 Tort Product Liability
290 All Other Real Property

V. ORIGIN

2

2

Incorporated and Principal Place
of Business In Another State

5

5

Citizen or Subject of a
Foreign Country

IV. NATURE OF SUIT

Citizen of Another State

3

3

Foreign Nation

6

6

(Place an “X” in One Box Only)
TORTS
PERSONAL INJURY
PERSONAL INJURY
310 Airplane
365 Personal Injury 315 Airplane Product
Product Liability
Liability
367 Health Care/
320 Assault, Libel &
Pharmaceutical
Slander
Personal Injury
330 Federal Employers’
Product Liability
Liability
368 Asbestos Personal
340 Marine
Injury Product
345 Marine Product
Liability
Liability
PERSONAL PROPERTY
350 Motor Vehicle
370 Other Fraud
355 Motor Vehicle
371 Truth in Lending
Product Liability
380 Other Personal
360 Other Personal
Property Damage
Injury
385 Property Damage
362 Personal Injury Product Liability
Med. Malpractice
CIVIL RIGHTS
PRISONER PETITIONS
440 Other Civil Rights
510 Motions to Vacate
441 Voting
Sentence
442 Employment
Habeas Corpus:
443 Housing/
530 General
Accommodations
535 Death Penalty
445 Amer. w/Disabilities 540 Mandamus & Other
Employment
550 Civil Rights
446 Amer. w/Disabilities 555 Prison Condition
Other
560 Civil Detainee 448 Education
Conditions of
Confinement

FORFEITURE/PENALTY
625 Drug Related Seizure
of Property 21 USC 881
690 Other

BANKRUPTCY
422 Appeal 28 USC 158
423 Withdrawal
28 USC 157
PROPERTY RIGHTS
820 Copyrights
830 Patent
840 Trademark

LABOR
710 Fair Labor Standards
Act
720 Labor/Mgmt. Relations
740 Railway Labor Act
751 Family and Medical
Leave Act
790 Other Labor Litigation
791 Empl. Ret. Inc.
Security Act

SOCIAL SECURITY
861 HIA (1395ff)
862 Black Lung (923)
863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
864 SSID Title XVI
865 RSI (405(g))

FEDERAL TAX SUITS
870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff
or Defendant)
871 IRS—Third Party
26 USC 7609

OTHER STATUTES
375 False Claims Act
400 State Reapportionment
410 Antitrust
430 Banks and Banking
450 Commerce
460 Deportation
470 Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations
480 Consumer Credit
490 Cable/Sat TV
850 Securities/Commodities/
Exchange
890 Other Statutory Actions
891 Agricultural Acts
893 Environmental Matters
895 Freedom of Information
Act
896 Arbitration
899 Administrative Procedure
Act/Review or Appeal of
Agency Decision
950 Constitutionality of
State Statutes

IMMIGRATION
462 Naturalization Application
463 Habeas Corpus Alien Detainee
(Prisoner Petition)
465 Other Immigration
Actions

(Place an “X” in One Box Only)

Transferred from
2 Removed from
3 Remanded from
4 Reinstated or
5 another district
6 Multidistrict
Reopened
State Court
Appellate Court
Litigation
(specify)
Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):
28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, 1446, and 1453
VI. CAUSE OF ACTION Brief description of cause:
Consumer fraud class action alleging mislabeling of Hebrew National brand meat products
In excess of CAFA
CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:
DEMAND $
VII. REQUESTED IN
CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION
$5,000,000.00
UNDER F.R.C.P. 23
COMPLAINT:
Yes
No
JURY DEMAND:
1 Original
Proceeding

VIII. RELATED CASE(S)
IF ANY

(See instructions):

JUDGE

DATE

06/06/2012

DOCKET NUMBER

SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD

s/ Jerry W. Blackwell

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
RECEIPT #

AMOUNT

APPLYING IFP

JUDGE

MAG. JUDGE

CIVIL COVER SHEET, Page 2
I.(a) PLAINTIFFS
Melvin Wallace, Shirley Hardt, Lewis Simpson, and William Cobb, Erica Davis-Holder, Rotem
Cohen, Julian Wagner, Rose Wagner, Erin Stilwell, Maria Eugenia Saenz Valiente and Adam
Burnham individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated
I.(c) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number)
COMPLETE LIST OF PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL
Hart L. Robinovitch
Zimmerman Reed, PLLP
14646 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste 145
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Tel: [phone]
Anne T. Regan
Zimmerman Reed, PLLP
1100 IDS Center
80 South 8th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel: [phone]
Christopher J. Kuhlman
Kuhlman Law, PLLC
333 Washington Ave. N., Ste 300
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Tel: [phone]
Christopher P. Ridout
Caleb LH Marker
Ridout & Lyon, LLP
555 East Ocean Blvd., Ste 500
Long Beach, CA 90802
Tel: [phone]