Case Law Index Animal Feeding Operations
January 1, 2002 – August 9, 2024
FIRST CIRCUIT
Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. New Hampshire Fish & Game Dep’t, No. 18-CV-996-PB, 2020 WL 5102830 (D.N.H. Aug. 27, 2020) (CWA citizen suit against the New Hampshire Fish and Game department granting partial summary judgment for defendants)
McCue v. Bradstreet, 36 F. Supp. 3d 169 (D. Me. 2014), rev’d and remanded, 807 F.3d 334 (1st Cir. 2015) (dairy farmer alleging First Amendment retaliation) Text
U.S. Pub. Int. Rsch. Grp. v. Atl. Salmon of Me., 215 F.Supp.2d 239 (D. Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm) Text
U.S. Pub. Int. Rsch. Grp. v. Stolt Sea Farm, Inc., No. CIV.00-149-B-C, 2002 WL 240386 (D. Me. Feb. 19, 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm)
U.S. Pub. Int. Rsch. Grp. v. Heritage Salmon, Inc., No. CIV.00-150-B-C, 2002 WL 240440 (D. Me. Feb. 19, 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm)
SECOND CIRCUIT
NRDC v. Bodine, 471 F.Supp.3d 524 (S.D.N.Y. 2020) (challenge to EPA’s COVID-19 enforcement policy) Text
Humane Soc’y of U.S. v. HVFG, LLC, No. 06 CV 6829(HB), 2010 WL 1837785 (S.D.N.Y. May 6, 2010) (private party action for a violation of the Clean Water Act) Text
Coon ex rel. Coon v. Willet Dairy, Ltd. P’ship, 536 F.3d 171 (2d Cir. 2008) (discharges by a dairy) Text
Coon v. Willet Dairy, LP, Nos. 5:02-CV-1195 (FJS/GJD), 5:04-CV-917 (FJS/GJD), 2007 WL 2071746 (N.D.N.Y. July 17, 2007) (CWA and RCRA claims) Text
Waterkeeper All., Inc. v. U.S. E.P.A., 399 F.3d 486 (2d Cir. 2005) (challenge to CAFO Act) Text
Concerned Area Residents for Env’t v. Southview Farm, 34 F.3d 114 (2d Cir. 1994) (dairy farm was not subject to agricultural exemption to CWA) Text
THIRD CIRCUIT
Am. Farm Bureau Fed’n v. EPA, 984 F.Supp.2d 289 (M.D. Pa. 2013) (challenging Total Maximum Daily Load set for nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in the Chesapeake Bay) Text
Sandy Hook Watermans All., Inc. v. N.J. Sports & Exposition Auth., No. 11-813(FLW), 2011 WL 2976855 (D.N.J. July 20, 2011) (CWA citizen suits) Text
Reynolds v. Rick’s Mushroom Serv., Inc., 246 F.Supp.2d 449 (E.D. Pa. 2003) (waste from mushroom processor) Text
FOURTH CIRCUIT
Wild Virginia v. Council on Env’t Quality, 56 F.4th 281 (4th Cir. 2022) (court lacked jurisdiction to hear an environmental organization’s suit relating to a final rule affecting federal agencies’ ability to conduct reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act) Text
McKiver v. Murphy-Brown, LLC, 980 F.3d 937 (4th Cir. 2020) (challenge to jury verdict awarding damages to neighbors of hog CAFO) Text
Lutz v. Case Farms, LLC, No. 5:20-CV-00103-KDB-DCK, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160339 (W.D.N.C. Aug. 31, 2020) (contract dispute; chickens) Text
Gillis v. Murphy-Brown, LLC, No. 7:14-CV-185-BR, 2018 WL 5926605 (E.D.N.C. Nov. 13, 2018) (private nuisance case against a hog farm, Sholar Farm) Text
Humane Soc’y of the U.S. v. Hanor Co. of Wis., 289 F.Supp.3d 692 (E.D.N.C. 2018) (animal protection organization brought a citizen suit alleging violation of EPCRA) Text
In re N.C. Swine Farm Nuisance Litig., No. 5:15-CV-00013-BR, 2017 WL 5178038 (E.D.N.C. Nov. 8, 2017) (North Carolina’s right to farm law) Text
Humane Soc’y of the U.S. v. Hanor Co. of Wis., No. 4:15-CV-109-FL, 2016 WL 3435192 (E.D.N.C. June 17, 2016) (animal protection organization brought a citizen suit alleging violation of EPCRA) Text
Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. N.C. Dep’t of Env’t & Nat. Res, 131 F.Supp.3d 496 (E.D.N.C. 2015) (requiring farm to obtain NPDES permit) Text
Alt v. EPA, 979 F.Supp.2d 701 (N.D. W. Va. 2013) (Farmer seeking declaratory relief due to EPA’s issuance of a finding of violation and order for compliance under the CWA) Text
Waterkeeper All., Inc. v. Hudson, No. WMN-10-487, 2012 WL 6651930 (D. Md. Dec. 20, 2012) (CWA citizen suit regarding discharge of pollutants) Text
Assateague Coastkeeper v. Alan & Kristin Hudson Farm, 727 F. Supp. 2d 433 (D. Md. 2010) (seeking injunctive relief under CWA for illegal discharges of poultry manure) Text
FIFTH CIRCUIT
King v. Cole’s Poultry, LLC, No. 114CV00088MPMDAS, 2017 WL 4084055 (N.D. Miss. Jan. 25, 2017) (expert testimony in relation to CAFO)
Nat’l Pork Producers Council v. EPA, No. 08-61093, 2011 WL 871736 (5th Cir. Mar. 15, 2011) (challenge to EPA regulation of emission of water pollutants by feeding operations) Text
SIXTH CIRCUIT
United States v. Walnutdale Family Farms, LLC, No. 1-20-cv-397, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88438 (W.D. Mich. May 10, 2021) (consent decree re CWA violations) Text
Askins v. Ohio Dep’t of Agric., No. 3:14 CV 1699, 2015 WL 12778768 (N.D. Ohio Jan. 27, 2015), aff’d, 809 F.3d 868 (6th Cir. 2016) (citizen suit against the EPA alleging violation of the CWA agency permitting procedures) Text
Askins v. Ohio Dep’t of Agric., No. 3:14 CV 1699, 2014 WL 6775548 (N.D. Ohio Dec. 2, 2014) (citizen suit against the EPA alleging violation of the CWA agency permitting procedures) Text
Powell v. Tosh, 942 F.Supp.2d 678 (W.D. Ky. 2013) (class action against swine farmers) Text
Ky. Waterways All. v. Johnson, 540 F.3d 466 (6th Cir. 2008) (EPA sued for approval of state’s water quality antidegradation rules) Text
Ky. Waterways All. v. Johnson, 426 F.Supp.2d 612 (W.D. Ky. 2006) (EPA sued for approval of state’s water quality antidegradation rules) Text
Johnson Cnty. Citizen Comm. for Clean Air & Water v. EPA, No. 3:05-0222, 2005 WL 2204953 (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 9, 2005) (EPA NPDES discretion)
Sierra Club, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 299 F.Supp.2d 693 (W.D. Ky. 2003) (definition of “facility” under CERCLA) Text
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Hoosier Env’t Council v. Nat. Prairie Ind. Farmland Holdings, LLC, No. 4:19-CV-71 DRL-JEM, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 186778 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 29, 2021) (CAFO site allegedly on protected wetland) Text
Indem. Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Silver Creek Pig, Inc., No. 13-CV-1440, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57201 (C.D. Ill. Feb. 12, 2015) (alleging nuisance in air and water pollution)
Dalzell v. Country View Family Farms, 517 F. App’x 518 (Mem) (7th Cir. 2013) (nuisance suit blocked by the Indiana Right to Farm Act)
Test Drilling Serv. Co. v. Hanor Co., 322 F.Supp.2d 965 (C.D. Ill. 2004) (property damage) Text
Save the Valley, Inc. v. EPA, 223 F.Supp.2d 997 (S.D. Ind. 2002) (implementation of CWA) Text
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Garrison v. New Fashion Pork LLP, 449 F.Supp.3d 863 (N.D. Iowa Mar. 27, 2020) (alleging RCRA and CWA violations) Text
Am. Farm Bureau Fed’n v. EPA, 836 F.3d 963 (8th Cir. 2016) (challenging the EPA’s disclosure of certain information about CAFOs) Text
Grinnell Mut. Reinsurance Corp. v. Rambo, No. 13-4047-CV-C-MJW, 2014 WL 11394879 (W.D. Mo. Sept. 30, 2014) (insurance policy dispute)
Buffalo River Watershed All. v. Dep’t of Agric., No. 4:13-cv-450-DPM, 2014 WL 6837005 (E.D. Ark. Dec. 2, 2014) (Small Business Administration assessment of a CAFO’s environmental effects) Text
Elliott v. Lake County, No. CIV 10-04001-RAL, 2010 WL 4553548 (D. S.D. Nov. 3, 2010) (zoning restrictions on feeding operations) Text
Yankton Sioux Tribe Head Start Concerned Parents v. Longview Farms, LLP, No. CIV. 08-4058, 2009 WL 891866 (D. S.D. Mar. 31, 2009) (tribe had no authority to regulate non-Indian farrowing operation) Text
Minn. Ctr. for Env’t Advoc. v. EPA, No. CIV03-5450(DWF/SRN), 2005 WL 1490331 (D. Minn. June 23, 2005) (challenge to EPA’s approval of TMDL levels)
Daniels v. Iowa, No. 4:04-CV-40420, 2005 WL 1398498 (S.D. Iowa May 23, 2005) (constitutional challenge of DNR regulation)
Furnas Cnty. Farms v. Hayes County, No. 8:00CV548, 2002 WL 1796511 (D. Neb. Aug. 5, 2002) (zoning)
Forrest v. Northland Cas. Co., 213 F.Supp.2d 1023 (W.D. Ark. 2002) (insurance policy dispute) Text
Higbee v. Starr, 598 F. Supp. 323 (W.D. Ark. 1984), aff’d, 782 F.2d 1048 (8th Cir. 1985) (failed to establish that hog farm was discharging waste into nearby water supply) Text
NINTH CIRCUIT
Snake River Waterkeeper v. J.R. Simplot Co., No. 1:23-CV-00239-DCN, 2024 WL 3104623 (D. Idaho June 24, 2024) (plausibly alleged an unpermitted discharge claim against CAFO under the CWA)
Food & Water Watch v. EPA, 20 F.4th 506 (9th Cir. 2021) (challenge to NPDES permit issued for Idaho CAFOs) Text
Buchanan v. Simplot Feeders, LLC, No. 4:19-CV-5209-TOR, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 226125 (E.D. Wash. Oct. 29, 2019) (effects of CAFO on neighboring farm)
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of the Env’t v. Wash. Dairy Holdings LLC, No. 1:19-CV-3110-TOR, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 241281 (E.D. Wash. Oct. 24, 2019) (alleging improper manure management at dairy CAFOs)
Don’t Waste Ariz., Inc. v. Hickman’s Egg Ranch, Inc., No. CV-16-03319-PHX-GMS, 2018 WL 4599730 (D. Ariz. Sept. 25, 2018), appeal dismissed, No. 19-15353, 2019 WL 4166615 (9th Cir. July 2, 2019) (alleging failure to report manure discharge under EPCRA) Text
Holdner v. Coba, No. 3:15-cv-2039-AC, 2018 WL 3233607 (D. Or. July 2, 2018) (challenging regulations of livestock operations) Text
Olympic Forest Coal. v. Coast Seafoods Co., 884 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 2018) (CWA citizen suit against oyster hatchery) Text
Friends of Maha’ulepu, Inc. v. Haw. Dairy Farms, 224 F.Supp.3d 1094 (D. Haw. 2016) (CWA citizen suit against a CAFO) Text
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of the Env’t, Inc. v. Cow Palace, 80 F.Supp.3d 1180 (E.D. Wash. 2015) (alleging violation of the RCRA) Text
B & K Livestock Auction, Inc. v. Or. Dep’t of Env’t Quality, No. 3:12-cv-2085-PK, 2013 WL 3973880 (D. Or. July 31, 2013) (issue and claim preclusion) Text
Holdner v. Kroger, No. 3:12-cv-01159-PK, 2012 WL 6131637 (D. Or. Nov. 6, 2012) (civil rights and declaratory judgment action)
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of the Env’t v. Nelson Faria Dairy, LLC, No. CV-04-3060-LRS, 2012 WL 272888, at *1 (E.D. Wash. Jan. 12, 2012) (alleging violation of CWA)
Holdner v. Coba, No. CIV. 09-979-AC, 2011 WL 2633165 (D. Or. July 5, 2011) (challenging classification of business as non-CAFO)
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of the Env’t v. Nelson Faria Dairy, No. CV-04-3060-LRS, 2011 WL 6934707 (E.D. Wash. Dec. 30, 2011) (Order on Relief of a CAFO dairy) Text
United States v. Vierstra, 803 F.Supp.2d 1166 (D. Idaho 2011) (wastewater from CAFO discharged into body of water constituting “waters of the United States”) Text
Holdner v. Or. Dep’t of Agric., 676 F.Supp.2d 1141 (D. Or. 2009) (discharges of pollutants by a CAFO) Text
Wild Fish Conservancy v. Quilcene Nat’l Fish Hatchery, No. C08-5585BHS, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98637 (W.D. Wash. Oct. 19, 2009) (alleging CWA violations in hatchery)
United States v. King, No. CR-08-02-E-BLW, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54090 (D. Idaho July 11, 2008) (motion to dismiss evidence obtained during inspections of CAFO)
Ass’n of Irritated Residents v. Fred Schakel Dairy, No. 1:05-CV-00707, 2008 WL 850136 (E.D. Cal. Mar. 28, 2008) (motion to dismiss CAA challenge to dairy) Text
Oregon Nat. Desert Ass’n v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 07-634-AS, 2008 WL 140657 (D. Or. Jan. 10, 2008) (issue and claim preclusion)
Ass’n of Irritated Residents v. C & R Vanderham Dairy, No. 1:05-CV-01593, 2007 WL 2815038 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 25, 2007) (CAA challenge against a dairy)
Coldani v. Hamm, No. Civ S-07-660, 2007 WL 2345016 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 16, 2007) (CWA challenge against a dairy)
Ass’n of Irritated Residents v. Fred Schakel Dairy, 2005 WL 3299508 (E.D. Cal. 2005) (administrative procedures)
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of the Env’t v. Henry Bosma Dairy, 305 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA challenge against dairy farm) Text
Ass’n to Protect Hammersley, Eld, & Totten Inlets v. Taylor Res., Inc., 299 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA challenge against shellfish producer) Text
United States v. New Portland Meadows, Inc., No. 00-507-AS, 2002 WL 31180956 (D. Or. Sept. 9, 2002) (discharge of pollutants from horse racetrack facility)
Idaho Rural Council v. Bosma, 143 F. Supp. 2d 1169 (D. Idaho 2001) (CWA citizen suit against dairy farm) Text
TENTH CIRCUIT
Oklahoma ex rel. Drummond v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 653 F. Supp. 3d 937 (N.D. Okla. 2023) (poultry producers held liable for polluting the Illinois River Watershed by applying poultry litter) Text
Oklahoma ex rel. Hunter v. EPA, No. 15-CV-0381-CVE-FHM, 2019 WL 2288446 (N.D. Okla. May 29, 2019) (challenge to the Clean Water Rule) Text
Kersenbrock v. Stoneman Cattle Co., No. 07-1044-MLB, 2007 WL 2219288 (D. Kan. July 30, 2007) (citizen suit under the CWA) Text
Oklahoma ex rel Edmondson v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 05-CV-329-GKF-SAJ, 2007 WL 649332 (N.D. Okla. Feb. 26, 2007) (interrogatories, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure)
Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms, Inc., 387 F.3d 1167 (10th Cir. 2004) (definition of “facility” under CERCLA) Text
Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms, Inc., 2002 WL 32443305 (W.D. Okla. 2002) (CERCLA)
D.C. CIRCUIT
Food & Water Watch v. United States Dep’t of Agric., 1 F.4th 1112 (D.C. Cir. 2021) (non-profit environmental group lacked standing to challenge a loan guarantee from the FSA) Text
Food & Water Watch v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., No. 17-1714 (BAH), 2019 WL 2423833 (D.C. June 10, 2019) (challenging environmental assessment related to a poultry CAFO loan guarantee) Text
Dakota Rural Action v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., No. 18-2852 (BAH), 2019 WL 1440134 (D.C. April 1, 2019) (challenging a 2016 rule that excludes FSA assistance loans provided for construction of medium-sized CAFOs) Text
Waterkeeper All. v. EPA, 853 F.3d 527 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (public disclosure of CAFO reports of air emissions under EPCRA) Text
Humane Soc’y of the U.S. v. McCarthy, 209 F.Supp.3d 280 (D.C. 2016) (administrative proceedings for a CAA citizen suit) Text
Env’t Integrity Project v. McCarthy, 139 F.Supp.3d 25 (D.C. 2015) (challenging the EPA’s withdrawal of a proposed rule that would require CAFOs to provide information under the CWA) Text
Zook v. EPA, 611 F. App’x 725 (D.C. Cir. 2015) (alleging that EPA Administrator had unreasonably delayed in regulating air pollutants)
Zook v. McCarthy, 52 F.Supp.3d 69 (D.C. 2014) (CAA citizen suit to compel EPA to regulate emissions from animal feeding operations) Text
Ass’n of Irritated Residents v. EPA, 494 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (review of EPA enforcement action) Text
ARKANSAS
Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Morrow Land Valley Co., 411 S.W.3d 184 (Ark. 2012) (Insurance policy for CAFO pollution exclusion) Text
CALIFORNIA
Asociacion De Gente Unida Por El Agua v. Cent. Valley Reg’l Water Quality Control Bd., 210 Cal.App.4th 1255 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012) (challenge to order regulating discharge of waste from dairies) Text
Ass’n of Irritated Residents v. San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control Dist., 168 Cal.App.4th 535 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (adopting CAA standards for non-attainment areas) Text
DELAWARE
Food & Water Watch v. Del. Dep’t of Nat. Res. & Env’t Control, C.A. No.: N17A-03-006 AML, 2018 Del. Super. LEXIS 373 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 24, 2018), appeal dismissed, 246 A.3d 1134 (Del. 2021) (challenge to order relieving CAFOs of duty to monitor on-site and nearby water for pollutants) Text
GEORGIA
Terrell v. Payne, 622 S.E.2d 330 (Ga. 2005) (nuisance) Text
Payne v. Terrell, 604 S.E.2d 551 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (nuisance) Text
IDAHO
In re Jerome Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 281 P.3d 1076 (Idaho 2012) (approval of a permit for a CAFO) Text
Idaho Dairymen’s Ass’n v. Gooding County, 227 P.3d 907 (Idaho 2010) (challenging county CAFO ordinance) Text
Idaho Conservation League, Inc. v. Idaho State Dep’t of Agric., 146 P.3d 632 (Idaho 2006) (disclosure of Nutrient Management Plans) Text
Chisholm v. Twin Falls County, 75 P.3d 185 (Idaho 2003) (zoning) Text
Scott v. Gooding County, 46 P.3d 23 (Idaho 2002) (zoning) Text
Gooding County v. Wybenga, 46 P.3d 18 (Idaho 2002) (CAFO ordinance) Text
ILLINOIS
Marsh v. Sandstone N., LLC, No. 4-19-0314, 2020 Ill. App. LEXIS 601, (Ill. App. Ct. Sept. 9, 2020) (hog farm constituted “farming operation”; operator’s motion for attorney’s fees) Text
In re Contempt of Turner, 69 N.E.3d 895 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016) (distribution of prejudicial material at a CAFO trial) Text
Rochester Buckhart Action Grp. v. Young, 887 N.E.2d 49 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008) (definition of “new facility” under state law) Text
INDIANA
Holloway v. Grant Cnty. Area Plan Comm’n, 152 N.E.3d 1098 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020) (zoning and CAFO application) Text
Chambers v. Delaware-Muncie Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 150 N.E.3d 603 (Ind. Ct. App. 2020) (withdrawal of permit to build hog barns that would be a CAFO) Text
Himsel v. Himsel, 122 N.E.3d 935 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019) (nuisance, negligence, and trespass actions against CAFO and a challenge to the constitutionality of the RTFA) Text
House of Prayer Ministries, Inc. v. Rush Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 91 N.E.3d 1053 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018) (Organization objection to rezoning for construction and operation of CAFO) Text
Parker v. Obert’s Legacy Dairy, 988 N.E.2d 319 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013) (nuisance action against dairy farm CAFO) Text
Stickdorn v. Zook, 957 N.E.2d 1014 (Ind. Ct. App. 2011) (whether manure pit emptied into stream from dairy farm was a nuisance) Text
Pardue v. Perdue Farms, Inc., 925 N.E.2d 482 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010) (nuisance action against turkey growers over contaminated groundwater) Text
Jennings Water, Inc. v. Office of Env’t Adjudication, 909 N.E.2d 1020 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denying petition review permit for construction of CFO) Text
Thomas v. Blackford Cnty. Area Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 907 N.E.2d 988 (Ind. 2009) (no standing to challenge special exception to zoning law received by dairy) Text
Benton Cnty. Remonstrators v. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 905 N.E.2d 1090 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (two special applications granted for CAFO construction; proper notice given to landowners) Text
Lindsey v. DeGroot, 898 N.E.2d 1251 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (nuisances claims against a dairy) Text
Save The Valley, Inc. v. Ferguson, 896 N.E.2d 1205 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (injunction to prevent AFO being built) Text
Thomas v. Blackford Cnty. Area Bd. of Zoning Appeals, No. 05A04-0711-CV-731, 2008 WL 2854526 (Ind. Ct. App. July 25, 2008) (standing to challenge grant of CAFO special zoning exemption) Text
Terra Nova Dairy, LLC v. Wabash Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 890 N.E.2d 98 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (denial of improvement location permit for new dairy) Text
Sexton v. Jackson Cnty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 884 N.E.2d 889 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (re application to build and operate hog CAFO) Text
Thomas v. Oolman Dairy, LLC, 858 N.E.2d 256 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006) (zoning) Text
Breitweiser v. Ind. Office of Env’t Adjudication, 810 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2004) (administrative procedures) Text
Breitweiser v. Ind. Office of Env’t Adjudication, 775 N.E.2d 1175 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002) (judicial review) Text
IOWA
Garrison v. New Fashion Pork LLP, 977 N.W.2d 67 (Iowa 2022) (nuisance, trespass, and drainage violations) Text
Iowa Citizens for Cmty. Improvement v. State, 962 N.W.2d 780 (Iowa 2021) (suit to compel legislation requiring farmers to take actions to protect river) Text
Merrill v. Valley View Swine, LLC, 941 N.W.2d 10 (Iowa 2020) (interpretation of state litigation-cost-shifting-provision related to CAFOs) Text
Honomichl v. Valley View Swine, 914 N.W.2d 223 (Iowa 2018) (negligent operation of CAFOs) Text
McIlrath v. Prestage Farms of Iowa, 889 N.W.2d 700 (Iowa Ct. App. 2016) (appealing the awarding of damages from a nuisance action based on odor from a CAFO) Text
Kramer v. Bd. of Adjustment, 795 N.W.2d 86 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010) (permit for wastewater storage lagoon) Text
Jongma v. Grand Pork, Inc., No. 08-1640, 2009 WL 3381518 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 21, 2009) (interpretation of manure easement) Text
Daniels v. Iowa, No. 07-1275, 2008 WL 4569870 (Iowa Ct. App. Oct. 15, 2008) (redress of civil penalties for violations of AFO waste handling requirements) Text
Simpson v. Kollasch, 749 N.W.2d 671 (Iowa 2008) (failure to prove anticipatory negligence by neighbors of a hog farm) Text
Worth Cnty. Friends of Agric. v. Worth County, 688 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2004) (home rule authority) Text
Gacke v. Pork Xtra, LLC, 684 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 2004) (validity of right to farm law) Text
Sierra Club v. Wayne Weber, LLC, 689 N.W.2d 696 (Iowa 2004) (nuisance action) Text
Goodell v. Humboldt Cnty., 575 N.W.2d 486 (Iowa 1998) (preemption challenge against county enforcing ordinances regulating AFOs)
KANSAS
Sierra Club v. Stanek, 317 Kan. 358, 360, 529 P.3d 1271, 1273 (2023) (case ruled moot after CAFO permits were changed while the district court’s ruling was on appeal) Text
Herd v. Shrauner Feedyard, No. 116,193, 2017 WL 2617647 (Kan. Ct. App. June 16, 2017) (nuisance action against CAFO) Text
David v. Bd, of Comm’rs, 89 P.3d 893 (Kan. 2004) (county CAFO law challenged) Text
KENTUCKY
Jones v. Energy & Env’t Cabinet, No. 2023-CA-0605-MR, 2024 WL 1121884, at *8 (Ky. Ct. App. Mar. 15, 2024) (upholding an administrative decision revoking a construction permit of an AFO)
Nettles v. Commonwealth, No. 2018-CA-001382-MR, 2020 WL 1816000 (Ky. Ct. App. Apr. 10, 2020) (challenges to permits issued to farmers related to large-scale hog operation) Text
Upchurch v. Cumberland Cnty. Fiscal Ct., No. 2000-CA-002607-MR, 2003 Ky.App. LEXIS 22 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2003) (challenge to ordinance regulating poultry facilities)
MARYLAND
Maryland Dep’t of the Env’t v. Assateague Coastal Tr., 484 Md. 399, 299 A.3d 619 (2023) (the Department’s AFO general discharge permit framework was reasonable and consistent with federal and state law) Text
In re Assateague Coastal Trust, No. 482915-V, 2021 Md. Cir. Ct. LEXIS 4 (Md. Cir. Mar. 11, 2021) (appeal of state’s reissuance of state/NPDES permit)
Food & Water Watch v. Md. Dep’t of the Env’t, No. 2602, Sept, Term ,2016, 2018 WL 2203175 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. May 14, 2018) (alleging violation of CWA) Text
Waterkeeper All., Inc. v. Md. Dep’t of Agric., 65 A.3d 708 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2013) (alleging improper denial of evaluation of nutrient management plans) Text
Assateague Coastkeeper v. Md. Dep’t of the Env’t, 28 A.3d 178 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2011) (petition for review regarding general discharge permit for animal feeding operations) Text
MICHIGAN
Michigan Farm Bureau v. Dep’t of Env’t, Great Lakes, & Energy, No. 165166, 2024 WL 3610196 (Mich. 2024) (challenging the validity of new conditions in AFO permits)
Mich. Farm Bureau v. Dep’t. of Env’t Quality, 807 N.W.2d 866 (Mich. Ct. App. 2011) (challenging a rule requiring all CAFOs to apply for permits under NPDES) Text
Sierra Club Mackinac Cnty. v. Dep’t. of Env’t Quality, 766 N.W.2d 857 (Mich. 2009) (upholding reversal of declaratory judgment for state CAFO program) Text
Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter v. Dep’t. of Env’t Quality, 747 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008) (review of state general CAFO permit) Text
MINNESOTA
In re Decision on the Need for an Env’t Impact Statement for the Proposed Barrick Family Farms, Nos. A20-1417, A20-1418, 2021 WL 3716643 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 23, 2021) (MPCA properly did not require an EIS and issued NPDES for proposed feedlot) Text
In re Denial of a Contested Case Hearing Request, Nos. A19-0207, A19-0209, 2019 WL 5106666 (Minn. Ct. App. Oct. 14, 2019) (re NPDES permit and EIS request for proposed CAFO expansion)
In re Reichmann Land & Cattle, 867 N.W.2d 502 (Minn. 2015) (NPDES and SDS permits for winter cattle feeding lands) Text
In re Gourley Bros., No. A13-2247, 2014 WL 4056063 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 18, 2014) (standing to challenge groundwater use permit for hog feedlot)
State v. Nosbush, No. A12-0953, 2012 WL 6554545 (Minn. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2012) (challenge to order enjoining defendant from working in animal agriculture unsupervised and imposing a civil penalty; defendant willfully failed to comply with applicable law re his swine feedlot) Text
In re Dairy Dozen-Thief River Falls, LLP, Nos. A09-936, A09-1406, 2010 WL 2161781 (Minn. Ct. App. June 1, 2010) (timeliness of appeal for feedlot permit) Text
Daley Farms of Lewiston v. Habben, No. A07-1050, 2008 WL 2105980 (Minn. Ct. App. May 20, 2008) (discovery of defective dairy manure lagoons) Text
Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. RAM Mut. Ins. Co., 731 N.W.2d 154 (Minn. Ct. App. 2007) (odor within pollution exclusion) Text
Berne Area All. for Quality Living v. Dodge Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 694 N.W.2d 577 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005) (Environmental Impact Statement) Text
Vasgaard v. Murray Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, No. C2-03-181, 2003 WL 21962493 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 19, 2003) (challenge to denial of petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet)
Wendinger v. Forst Farms, Inc., 662 N.W.2d 546 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003) (farming operation challenged) Text
Schwardt v. County of Watonwan, 656 N.W.2d 383 (Minn. 2003) (farming permit granted) Text
MISSISSIPPI
Taylor v. Miss. Env’t Quality Permit Bd., 205 So.3d 1129 (Miss. Ct. App. 2016) (appeal from buffer zone variance and issuing permits for a poultry CAFO) Text
Sierra Club v. Miss. Env’t Quality Permit Bd., 943 So.2d 673 (Miss. 2006) (challenge to issuance of air pollution control permit) Text
MISSOURI
Cedar Cnty. Comm’n v. Governor Michael Parson, 661 S.W.3d 766 (Mo. 2023) (denying challenge to a state law effecting local ordinances regulating CAFOs) Text
PVC Mgmt. II, LLC v. Mo. Dep’t of Nat. Res., 623 S.W.3d 733 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021) (re issuance of general operating permit for CAFO) Text
Countryclub Homes, LLC v. Mo. Dep’t of Nat. Res., 591 S.W.3d 882 (Mo. Ct. App. 2019) (opposition to CAFO permit) Text
K Tre Holdings, LP v. Mo. Dep’t of Nat. Res., No. SD 35512, 2019 WL 3369270 (Mo. Ct. App. July 26, 2019) (judicial review of decision by CWC to issue CAFO operating permit)
Friends of Responsible Agric. v. Bennett, 542 S.W.3d 345 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018) (appeal from writ in mandamus and revocation of CAFO permit) Text
Matter of Trenton Farms RE v. Mo. Dep’t of Nat. Res., 504 S.W.3d 157 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016) (appealing the decision of the CWC’s denial of permit for a swine CAFO) Text
Labrayere v. Bohr, 458 S.W.3d 319 (Mo. 2015) (nuisance, negligence, and conspiracy action against a CAFO) Text
Hauk v. Scot. Cnty. Comm’n, 429 S.W.3d 459 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014) (appeal from denial of a county health permit for operation of a CAFO) Text
State ex rel. Mo. Parks Ass’n v. Mo. Dep’t of Nat. Res., 316 S.W.3d 375, 2010 WL 1608839 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010) (challenge to CAFO construction permit) Text
Bd. of Dirs. of Richmond Twp. v. Kenoma, LLC, 284 S.W.3d 672 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009) (town lacked authority to regulate hog farm) Text
Shuler v. Premium Standard Farms, Inc., 148 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004) (wrongful discharge) Text
MONTANA
Mont. Env’t Info. Ctr. v. Dep’t of Env’t Quality, No. CDV-2001-210, 2002 Mont. Dist. LEXIS 3159 (Mont. Dist. Oct. 23, 2002) (re permitting process used by DEQ for CAFOs)
NEBRASKA
Stitch Ranch, LLC v. Double B.J. Farms, Inc., 837 N.W.2d 870 (Neb. Ct. App. 2013) (inconsistent interpretations of “feedlot permit”) Text
Butler Cnty. Dairy, LLC v. Butler County, 827 N.W.2d 267 (Neb. 2013) (dairy contested township’s AFO regulations) Text
Thieman v. Cedar Valley Feeding Co., 789 N.W.2d 714 (Neb. Ct. App. 2010) (violation of zoning regulations restricting expansion of nonconforming use by a CAFO) Text
Farmers Elevator, Inc. v. Harford Fire Ins. Co., No. A-09-005, 2009 WL 3654739 (Neb. Ct. App. Nov. 3, 2009) (confined hog deaths not covered by policy) Text
Sand Livestock Sys., Inc. v. Svoboda, 17 Neb. App. 28 (Neb. Ct. App. 2008) (slander suit by hog farm against environmental group) Text
Johnson v. Knox Cnty. P’ship, 728 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 2007) (feedlot as a private nuisance) Text
D.B. Feedyards, Inc. v. Env’t. Sci., Inc., 745 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. Ct. App. 2008) (breach of environmental consulting service contract) Text
Hanchera v. Bd. of Adjustment, 269 Neb. 623 (Neb. 2005) (zoning) Text
Premium Farms v. County of Holt, 640 N.W.2d 633, (Neb. 2002) (county regulatory authority) Text
NEW YORK
Matter of Gallagher v. N.Y. State Dep’t of Env’t Conservation, 118 N.Y.S.3d 365 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2019) (CAFOs allegedly did not complete all BMPs as required by CNMPs)
Application of Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Seggos, 75 N.Y.S.3d 854 (N.Y. 2018) (challenging a CAFO permit issued by Department of Environmental Conservation allegedly in violation of the CWA) Text
NORTH CAROLINA
Murphy-Brown, LLC v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., No. 19 CVS 02793, 2020 WL 7711360 (N.C. Super. Ct. Dec. 22, 2020) (insurance coverage action related to CAFO nuisance lawsuits)
Neuse River Found., Inc. v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., 574 S.E.2d 48 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (standing to challenge misuse of hog waste) Text
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Prairie Agric., LLP v. Pelican Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, 955 N.W.2d 87 (N.D. 2021) (approval of proposed hog CAFO) Text
Coon v. N.D. Dep’t of Health, 901 N.W.2d 718 (N.D. 2017) (appeal from decision to issue an animal feeding operation permit) Text
Hagerott v. Morton Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 778 N.W.2d 813 (N.D. 2010) (permit for feedlot) Text
Ramsey Cnty. Farm Bureau v. Ramsey County., 755 N.W.2d 920 (N.D. 2008) (zoning ordinances relating to AFOs) Text
OHIO
State ex rel. Atty. Gen. of Ohio v. State Line Agri, Inc., 2011-Ohio-2191 (state action against agricultural company for violation NPDES permit)
Meerland Dairy L.L.C. v. Ross Twp., No. 07CA0083, 2008 WL 1991886 (Ohio Ct. App. May 9, 2008) (city’s ability to control CAFOs) Text
OKLAHOMA
In re Canadian River Land & Cattle Co., 269 P.3d 40 (Okla. Civ. App. 2011) (transfer of license) Text
Hummer v. State ex re. Okla. Bd. of Agric., 245 P.3d 1244 (Okla. Civ. App. 2010) (affected landowner seeks to force review of approval for swine feeding operation) Text
Patzkowsky v. Oklahoma ex rel. Okla. Bd. of Agric., 217 P.3d 146 (Okla. Civ. App. 2008) (review of decision to grant CAFO permit) Text
Woodlake Estates, Inc. v. Sternberger, 173 P.3d 98 (nuisance relating to Animal Feeding Operations Act) Text
PENNSYLVANIA
Burlingame v. Dagostin, 183 A.3d 462 (Pa. 2018) (private nuisance actions against CAFO) Text
Berner v. Montour Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 217 A.3d 238 (Pa. 2019) (state Nutrient Management Act preempts local regulation of nutrient management) Text
Hillandale Gettysburg, LP v. Bd. of Supervisors, 172 A.3d 147 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2017) (alleged deficiencies in land development plan to construct poultry facility as part of existing CAFO)
McCabe v. Dagostin, Nos. 2014-06202, 2015-02092, 2015-04023, 2017 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 421 (Pa. Common Pleas Apr. 13, 2017) (allegations of hog CAFO causing nuisance)
Latimore Township v. Latimore Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 58 A.3d 883 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013) (appeal from a zoning decision allowing a poultry CAFO) Text
Commonwealth v. Locust Township, 49 A.3d 502 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2012) (challenging the validity of ordinance regulating intensive animal operations) Text
SOUTH CAROLINA
Blackmon v. S.C. Dep’t of Health & Env’t Control, 441 S.C. 342, 893 S.E.2d 578 (Ct. App. 2022), cert. dismissed (Nov. 15, 2023) (reversing an ALC decision upholding the issuance of permits to AFO) Text
SOUTH DAKOTA
Powers v. Turner Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 2022 S.D. 77, 983 N.W.2d 594 (conditional use permit for a CAFO) Text
Miles v. Spink Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 2022 S.D. 15, 972 N.W.2d 136 (conditional use permit for a CAFO) Text
Sierra Club v. Clay Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 959 N.W.2d 615 (S.D. 2021) (challenge to conditional use permit to operate CAFO) Text
Hoffman v. Van Wyk, 900 N.W.2d 596 (S.D. 2017) (application for a writ of mandamus to revoke a swine CAFO building permit) Text
Adolph v. Grant Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 891 N.W.2d 377 (S.D. 2017) (appeal from the Boards decision to grant a permit to construct a CAFO) Text
Wedel v. Beadle Cnty. Comm’n, 884 N.W.2d 755 (S.D. 2016) (appeal from a granted application of a conditional use permit to construct and operate a CAFO) Text
Lake Hendricks Improvement Ass’n v. Brookings Cnty. Planning & Zoning Comm’n, 882 N.W.2d 307 (S.D. 2016) (challenge to decision granting a conditional use permit for a CAFO) Text
Grant Cnty. Concerned Citizens v. Grant Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 866 N.W.2d 149 (S.D. 2015) (challenge to decision granting a conditional use permit to construct a CAFO) Text
Tibbs v. Moody Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 851 N.W.2d 208 (S.D. 2014) (citizen petition to invalidate a conditional use permit to construct a CAFO) Text
Grant Cnty. Concerned Citizens v. Grant Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 794 N.W.2d 462 (S.D. 2011) (proposed increase of setbacks for CAFOs was not a legislative decision and not referable to a referendum vote) Text
Andersen v. Town of Badger, 769 N.W.2d 834 (S.D. 2009) (challenging city waiving required distance from town CAFO could be built) Text
Woodruff v. Bd. of Comm’rs, 741 N.W.2d 746 (S.D. 2007) (challenge of AFO zoning ordinance) Text
Schafer v. Deuel Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 725 N.W.2d 241 (S.D. 2006) (zoning) Text
Jensen v. Lincoln Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 718 N.W.2d 606 (S.D. 2006) (preexisting use) Text
Bechen v. Moody Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 703 N.W.2d 662 (S.D. 2005) (zoning) Text
Elliott v. Board of Cnty. Comm’rs, 703 N.W.2d 361 (S.D. 2005) (zoning) Text
Hay v. Bd. of Comm’rs, 670 N.W.2d 376 (S.D. 2003) (zoning) Text
In re Yankton Cnty. Comm’n, 670 N.W.2d 34 (S.D. 2003) (zoning) Text
Kirschenman v. Hutchinson Cnty. Bd. of Comm’rs, 656 N.W.2d 330 (S.D. 2003) (zoning) Text
In re Conditional Use Permit Denied to Meier, 645 N.W.2d 579 (S.D. 2002) (denial of farming permit) Text
TEXAS
Huynh v. Blanchard, No. 21-0676, 2024 WL 2869423 (Tex. June 7, 2024) (modifying injunctive relief in a nuisance suit against poultry farms)
Texas Comm’n on Env’t Quality v. Bosque River Coal., 413 S.W.3d 403 (Tex. 2013) (amending of an existing CAFO permit) Text
Texas Comm’n on Env’t Quality v. City of Waco, 413 S.W.3d 409 (Tex. 2013) (denial of a case hearing for an amendment of an existing CAFO permit) Text
Barrera v. Hondo Creek Cattle Co., 132 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. App. 2004) (right to farm) Text
Collins v. Texas Nat. Res. Conservation Comm’n, 94 S.W.3d 876 (Tex. App. 2002) (permit to change waste management system challenged) Text
City of Waco v. Texas Nat. Res. Conservation Comm’n, 83 S.W.3d 169 (Tex. App. 2002) (regulation of CAFO permits) Text
VIRGINIA
Chesapeake Bay Found. v. Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Va, State Water Control Bd., 90 Va. Cir. 392 (2015) (appealing from amendments to the Virginia Pollution Abatement General Permit Regulation for Animal Feeding Operations)
WASHINGTON
Wash. State Dairy Fed’n v. Dep’t of Ecology, 490 P.3d 290 (Wash. Ct. App. 2021) (state and federal CAFO permits) Text
Cmty. Ass’n for Restoration of Env’t v. State Dep’t of Ecology, 205 P.3d 950 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009) (general pollution discharge permit to CAFOs did not require groundwater monitoring) Text
Dep’t of Ecology v. Douma, 193 P.3d 1102 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008) (dairy not a significant contributor to water pollution) Text
WISCONSIN
Clean Wis., Inc. v. Wis. Dep’t of Nat. Res., 961 N.W.2d 346 (Wis. 2021) (authority to impose conditions on CAFO permits) Text
Adams v. Livestock Facilities Siting Rev. Bd., 787 N.W.2d 941 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010) (town’s additional zoning restrictions preempted) Text