City of Clinton v. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, 654 F.Supp.2d 536 (N.D. Tex. 2009)

(plaintiffs, contract poultry growers, failed to state a claim for promissory estoppel, fraud, and intentional infliction of emotional distress; non-TX plaintiffs failed to establish entitlement to invoke TX law and have, therefore, failed to state a claim under the TX Deceptive Trade Practices Act, but TX plaintiffs did state such claim; all plaintiffs have stated a claim under the Packers and Stockyards Act for terminating growers who would not upgrade their chicken houses to include cool-cell technology despite the fact that the grower contracts did not require such upgrades; defendant's motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part).