WLR FOODS INC
8-K, 1996-02-26
POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING
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                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                               FORM 8-K

                            CURRENT REPORT

                 Pursuant to Section 13 or 15d of the

                  Securities and Exchange Act of 1934


                      ---------------------------

                   Date of Report (Date of earliest
                   event reported) February 20, 1996



                            WLR Foods, Inc.
        (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Virginia            0-17060              54-1295923
        (State of        (Commission File     (IRS Employer Iden-
      Incorporation)         Number)            tification No.)


                P.O. Box 7000                        22815
              Broadway, Virginia                  (Zip Code)
   (Address of Principal executive offices)


                            (540) 896-7001
                    (Registrant's telephone number,
                         including area code)

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Item 5.   Other Events

     On  February 20, 1996, the United States Supreme Court denied the
petition  of  Tyson  Foods,  Inc. for  a  writ  of  certiorari in  its
litigation with WLR Foods, Inc. and WLR's directors.  In its petition,
Tyson had  asked the Court to  grant an appeal from  the September 22,
1995  decision of the  United States Court  of Appeals  for the Fourth
Circuit in  favor of WLR Foods  and its directors.   The Supreme Court
proceedings  represent Tyson's last opportunity  for a reversal of the
rulings   of  the  lower  courts,  and  absent  a  Tyson  request  for
reconsideration,  the  Supreme  Court's  denial  of  Tyson's  petition
concludes the companies' current  litigation, which began in February,
1994.



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                               SIGNATURE

          Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934,  the Registrant has duly  caused this report to  be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                              WLR Foods, Inc.


                              By:_/s/ James L. Keeler_____________
                                   James L. Keeler
                                   President and
                                   Chief Executive Officer





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