Rancher Group Loses Bid for Antitrust Shield in Sheepherder Case

A Nevada federal judge allowed a wage-fixing case brought by a sheepherder to proceed against the Western Range Association, concluding the agricultural organization isn’t entitled to antitrust immunity.

Chief Judge Miranda M. Du of the US District Court for the District of Nevada on Aug. 8 denied the association’s motion to dismiss, marking the second time she nixed WRA’s arguments that it was immune from Sherman Act liability.

“The Court rejects WRA’s new asserted bases for antitrust immunity and finds that Plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to support claims against the association under either a per se or rule of reason ...