Money wrung from poultry lawsuit

Money wrung from poultry lawsuit BY ROBERT J. SMITH Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 A federal judge on Wednesday forbade Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson from pursuing $611 million in damages against Arkansas poultry companies because he failed to include the Cherokee Nation in a lawsuit. Judge Greg Frizzell said Edmondson's claims for money "should not, in equity and good conscience, be allowed to proceed among the existing parties" and without the Cherokee Nation, a federally recognized Indian tribe based in Tahlequah, Okla.