A push by the billionaire Stewart Resnick and the Wonderful Company to expedite legal process aiming to halt the expansion of a Tulare County-based pistachio plant owned by Fresno’s Assemi family has come up short.

Tuesday, Tulare County Superior Court Judge Bret Hillman issued a tentative ruling denying a motion, filed by the Wonderful Company, to enter judgment against the Assemis.

The lawsuit centers on a pistachio processing plant west of Terra Bella owned by ARO Pistachios, a subsidiary of the Assemi family’s Touchstone Pistachios.

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