Oklahoma v Tyson: A 20-year-old case in search of a final settlement

Oklahoma v Tyson: A 20-year-old case in search of a final settlement

Twenty years ago, Oklahoma’s then-Attorney General Drew Edmondson sued 13 poultry companies in federal court for improper poultry litter disposal and environmental damage to the state’s water by poultry businesses mostly in Arkansas, and specifically over the Illinois River watershed. Once referred to as the “Busload of Lawyers” case for all the attorneys required to represent all he parties, the case has remained alive in the Northern District …