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Clemens, Smithfield, Tyson, others file reply for recusal in US pork price-fixing case

( June 10, 2025, 21:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Clemens Food, Smithfield Foods, Tyson, and others filed a reply in support of their motion for recusal in a US price-fixing case over pork, arguing that one of the court’s law clerks significantly swayed the opinion despite being sufficiently conflicted. “Unable to deny that the standard for recusal is satisfied, plaintiffs disregard it, arguing instead that there is ‘no evidence the law clerk . . . has been anything less than impartial in his work for the court’ and defendants have not ‘identif[ied] a single instance” of bias. But the standard is appearance of impropriety, not actual impropriety. plaintiffs cannot resist recusal by ignoring the law,” they said.See attached file. ...

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