Tomato Grower’s Petition To Confirm Arbitral Award Consolidated With Earlier Suit

Mealey's (June 17, 2020, 1:13 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on June 15 consolidated a tomato grower’s recently filed petition to confirm an arbitral award against a tomato merchant for a contractual dispute with a suit previously filed by the merchant against the grower in the same district (Mastronardi International Ltd. v. SunSelect Produce [California], Inc., No. 18-737, E.D. Calif.)....