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Egg man starts 3-month term as ‘responsible corporate official’

By Dan Flynn on November 24, 2017
Austin “Jack” DeCoster

On Thanksgiving eve, 83-year-old Austin “Jack” DeCoster surrendered to federal prison authorities in Massachusetts, about 40 miles west of Boston.

DeCoster traveled from his home in Turner,…
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Peter DeCoster gets out of federal hospital prison on Monday

By Dan Flynn on October 21, 2017

Peter DeCoster, the 54-year old son of the one-time egg baron Austin “Jack” DeCoster, is set to be released Monday from the Federal Medical Center in Rochester, MN, a facility operated by the federal Bureau…
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Peter DeCoster in federal prison hospital in Minnesota

By Dan Flynn on July 29, 2017

Peter DeCoster has been  incarcerated in the Federal Medical Center (FMC) at Rochester, MN.

FMC Rochester is a federal prison for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care. As an administrative…
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DeCosters must surrender; egg men finally to serve their time

By Dan Flynn on June 27, 2017

To all the names people have called Austin “Jack” DeCoster — “habitual offender,” “bad egg,” “authoritarian” and “notorious” are among those often mentioned — add one more: “inmate.”

After  losing at the federal appellate court…
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Publisher’s Platform: Supreme Court weighs in without a word

By Bill Marler on May 25, 2017

I can hear a bit of silence in the board rooms of America.

Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeals of Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, without comment.

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DeCosters gain another ally as government gets more time

By Dan Flynn on February 10, 2017

The Supreme Court has granted the government an extra 30 days to respond to request that the high court review a ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld three-month sentences for …
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Egg men get extra time to file for review with Supreme Court

By Dan Flynn on December 15, 2016

Justice Samuel Alito has extended the filing deadline for a petition for a writ of certiorari in the appeal of jail sentences for one-time egg producers Austin (Jack) DeCoster and his son Peter DeCoster.

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Top food safety prosecutor continues accountability approach

By Dan Flynn on December 8, 2016

The Justice Department’s top food safety prosecutor says the year-old “Yates Memo,” about holding individuals at corporations accountable, is “still evolving.”

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Benjamin C. Mizer

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Supreme Court might want to hear DeCoster egg sentence case

By Dan Flynn on October 20, 2016

A timely petition for certiorari is going to keep Austin “Jack” DeCoster, 82, and his son, Peter DeCoster, 52, out of jail, at least for several more months while the U.S. Supreme Court decides if…
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8th Circuit denies rehearing; DeCosters must serve jail time

By Dan Flynn on October 4, 2016

It looks like Austin “Jack” DeCoster and son Peter DeCoster will both be wintering at the federal prison in Yankton, SD. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied petitions from the DeCosters who were…
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Not a lot standing between egg man Jack DeCoster and jail

By Dan Flynn on September 20, 2016

The sole question remaining before the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals is whether the federal jail sentences imposed on Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster are lawful in light of the findings at sentences. [caption…
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