A $58 million settlement that appeared to have resolved most of a peanut price-fixing class action against top shelling companies was temporarily undone when a federal judge in Virginia rescinded his ruling approving the deal.
Judge Raymond A. Jackson, who gave the deal his blessing March 4, vacated that opinion Thursday in a one-page decision that didn’t contain any explanation or reasoning. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
The agreements have been slated for a March 25 final fairness hearing—a step required under the Federal Rules of ...
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