JES Farms Partnership v. Indigo Ag Inc., No. 4:2023cv04023 - Document 39 (D.S.D. 2023)

Court Description: ORDER granting in part and denying in part 28 Motion to Compel and denying 28 Motion to Dismiss. Signed by U.S. District Judge Lawrence L. Piersol on 6/26/2023. (CLR)

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JES Farms Partnership v. Indigo Ag Inc. Doc. 39 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 1 of 24 PageID #: 915 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN DIVISION 4:23-CV-4023-LLP JES FARMS PARTNERSHIP, Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO vs. COMPEL AND DENYING MOTION TO INDIGO AG INC., DISMISS Defendant. Pending before the Court is Defendant Indigo Ag,Inc.'s Motion to Compel Arbitration and Motion to Dismiss. (Doc. 28). For the following reasons. Indigo's Motion to Compel is granted in part and denied in part and its Motion to Dismiss is denied. BACKGROXJND Plaintiff JES Farms operates a 16,800 acre farm in Sully County, South Dakota, which raises grain, cattle, and other farm products. (Docs. 1, ^ 6; 14, Hiierter Decl., Ex. 1). Defendant Indigo Ag, Inc. ("Indigo") is an agriculture technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with operations in Memphis, Tennessee. (Doc. 15, Lazarov Decl. 1(2). During all relevant times. Indigo operated the Indigo Marketplace—an internet-based platform that enabled farmers to market their crops to a network of purchasers using Indigo as an intermediary. (Doc. 15, Lazarov Decl.^ 3). I. Marketplace Seller Agreement JES Farms first entered the Indigo Marketplace on January 8, 2019, when it executed a Marketplace Seller Agreement("MSA")with Indigo Marketplace,LLC,which enabled JES Farms to sell its crops through the Indigo Marketplace ("crop transactions"). (Doc. 1-3). Each crop transaction between JES Farms and Indigo on the Indigo Marketplace is "governed by th[e] Marketplace Settler Agreement." (Doc. 1-3). The Marketplace Seller Agreement provides the terms and procedures for JES Farms to transact in the Indigo Marketplace, including the process for submitting bids, accepting offers, and obtaining confirmations. (Doc. 1-3 at § 2). It also establishes the general pricing terms upon which JES Farms would be paid for the commodities it Dockets.Justia.com Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 2 of 24 PageID #: 916 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 3 of 24 PageID #: 917 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 4 of 24 PageID #: 918 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 5 of 24 PageID #: 919 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 6 of 24 PageID #: 920 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 7 of 24 PageID #: 921 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 8 of 24 PageID #: 922 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 9 of 24 PageID #: 923 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 10 of 24 PageID #: 924 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 11 of 24 PageID #: 925 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 12 of 24 PageID #: 926 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 13 of 24 PageID #: 927 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 14 of 24 PageID #: 928 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 15 of 24 PageID #: 929 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 16 of 24 PageID #: 930 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 17 of 24 PageID #: 931 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 18 of 24 PageID #: 932 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 19 of 24 PageID #: 933 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 20 of 24 PageID #: 934 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 21 of 24 PageID #: 935 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 22 of 24 PageID #: 936 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 23 of 24 PageID #: 937 Case 4:23-cv-04023-LLP Document 39 Filed 06/26/23 Page 24 of 24 PageID #: 938

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