Case Law Index
Urbanization and Agriculture

January 1, 2002 - August 1, 2008

This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the urbanization and agriculture that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.

SUPREME COURT

Kelo v. City of New London, Con., 545 U.S. 469 (2005) (economic development is a public use for eminent domain purposes)

FIRST CIRCUIT

In re Moore, 310 B.R. 795 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2004) (nuisance action)

SECOND CIRCUIT

Bonnieview Homeowners Ass'n, LLC v. Woodmont Builders, LLC, No. Civ.A. 03CV4317, 2005 WL 2469665 (D.N.J. Oct. 6, 2005)(prior land contamination)

Bonnieview Homeowners Ass'n, LLC v. Woodmont Builders, LLC, No. Civ.A. 03-4317, 2006 WL 1982882 (D.N.J. July 13, 2006) (prior land contamination)

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Norman v. Prestage Farms, Inc., No. 3:05CV64, 2007 WL 1031371 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 30, 2007) (right to farm act)

Albert v. Peavey Co., No. 04-1611, 2007 WL 809506 (E.D. La. 2007) (application of right to farm act apply to grain elevator)

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Johnecheck v. Bay Twp, 119 Fed. Appx. 707, (6th Cir. 2004) (windfarms not qualifying under agricultural use zoning)

Vill. of Grafton v. Rural Lorain County Water Auth., 316 F.Supp.2d 568 (N.D. Ohio 2004) (rural water district's service area)

Sierra Club, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 299 F.Supp.2d 693 (W.D. Ky. 2003) (definition of facility under CERCLA)

V. Jacobs & Sons v. Saginaw County Dep't of Public Health, 284 F.Supp.2d 711 (E.D. Mich. 2003) (standing to challenge water drilling ordinance)

SEVENTH CIRCUIT

LeVake v. Zawistowski, No. 02-C-0657-C, 2004 WL 602649 (W.D. Wis. Mar. 2, 2004) (attorney fees under state right to farm act)

LeVake v. Zawistowski, No. 02-C-0657-C, 2003 WL 23095760 (W.D. Wis. Dec. 11, 2003) (lack of jurisdiction due to right to farm statute)

EIGHTH CIRCUIT

Overgaard, et.al. v. Rock County Board of Comm'rs, No. Civ. A. 02-601, 2003 WL 21744235 (D. Minn. July 25, 2003) (hog operation challenged)

NINTH CIRCUIT

Fox Chapel v. Walters, No. CV 07-8008-PCT-JAT, 2007 WL 2265684 (D. Ariz. Aug. 6, 2007) (conservation easement)

TENTH CIRCUIT

Rural Water Dist. No. 4, Douglas County, Kan. v. City of Eudora, Kan., No. 07-2463-JAR, 2008 WL 695856 (D. Kan. Mar. 13, 2008) (annexation of rural water district's territory)

Beckham County Rural Water Dist. No. 3 v. City of Elk City, No. CIV-05-1485-F, 2007 WL 710208 (W.D. OK Mar. 6, 2007)(rural water district)

Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms, Inc., 387 F.3d 1167 (10th Cir. 2004) (definition of "facility" under CERCLA)

ELEVENTH

Agripost, LLC v. Miami-Dade County, Fla., 525 F.3d 1049 (11th Cir. 2008) (no regulatory taking with revocation of conditional use permit)

ARKANSAS

Green v. Alpharma, Inc., --- S.W.3d ---, 2008 WL 1970890 (Ark. 2008) (claim that chicken litter causes cancer)

Utley v. City of Dover, 101 S.W.3d 191 (Ark. 2003) (annexation)

CALIFORNIA

Turlock Irrigation District v. Zanker, 140 Cal.App.4th 1047 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006) (water connection was authorized) Would go in between Fickewirth and S. County Citizens

San Joaquin Local Agency Formation Com'n v. Superior Court, 162 Cal.App.4th 159 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (review of denial for irrigation district to provide power service)

Adams Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, No. B180880, 2008 WL 565025 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 4, 2008) (challenging a county's community plan)

Fickewirth v. County of Placer, No. C049669, 2006 WL 2567998 (Cal. Ct. App. Sept. 7, 2006) (incompatible use with an "agricultural area")

S. County Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Elk Grove, No. C042302, 2004 WL 219789 (Cal. App. 3 Dist. Feb. 5, 2004) (zoning)

Rancho Viejo, LLC v. Tres Amigos Viejos, LLC, 100 Cal. App. 4th 550 (Cal. Ct. App. 2002) (right to farm)

COLORADO

Zweygardt v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of County of Elbert, --- P.3d ---, 2008 WL 2522299 (Colo. Ct. App. 2008) ("farm and ranch" zoning exception)

CONNECTICUT

Richardson v. Zoning Comm'n of Town of Redding, 944 A.2d 360 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008) (proposed barn incidental to "farming" exception in zoning ordinances)

Lutz v. Planning & Zoning Comm'n of Town of Haddam, No. CV074006701, 2008 WL 1971526 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2008) (review of granting special exemption for horse stable)

Borrelli v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of City of Middletown, 941 A.2d 966 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008) (horse boarding facility did not violate zoning regulations)

Gresczyk v. Landis, No. HHCV044004887, 2006 WL 1644545 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 25, 2006)(Violation of farmland preservation agreement)

Morytko v. Westfort, No. CV0400600S, 2005 WL 1524799 (Conn. Super. Ct. May 31, 2005)(Right to Farm Act's application)

Havlicek v. Hills, No. CV030102301, 2003 WL 22962871 (Conn. Super. Ct. Dec. 5, 2003) (right to farm act)

Pestey v. Cushman, 788 A.2d 496 (Conn. 2002) (dairy as common law nuisance)

DELAWARE

In re 244.5 Acres of Land, 808 A.2d 753 (Del. 2002) (ag preservation district)

FLORIDA

Kupke v. Orange County, 838 So.2d 598 (Fla.App. 5 Dist. 2003) (due process)

GEORGIA

Dep't of Transp. v. Patten Seed Co., 660 S.E.2d 30 (Ga. Ct. App. 2008) (just compensation for condemnation of agricultural land)

Terrell v. Payne, 622 S.E.2d 330 (Ga. 2005) (nuisance)

Payne v. Terrell, 604 S.E.2d 551 (Ga. Ct. App. 2004) (nuisance)

HAWAII

Save Sunset Beach Coal. v. City & County of Honolulu, 78 P.3d 1 (Haw. 2003)(changing agricultural zoning district)

IDAHO

Moon v. N. Idaho Farmers Ass'n, 96 P.3d 637 (Idaho 2004) (constitutionality of Smoke Management and Crop Residue Disposal Act)

McAnally v. Bonjac, Inc., 50 P.3d 983 (Idaho 2002) (out-of-state jurisdiction over farm)

Scott v. Gooding County, 46 P.3d 23, 26 (Idaho 2002) (county CAFO ordinance challenged)

Gooding County v. Wybenga, 46 P.3d 18 (Idaho 2002) (county CAFO ordinance upheld)

Whitted v. Canyon County Board of Com'rs, 44 P.3d 1173 (Idaho 2002) (development of farmland allowed)

ILLINOIS

Rochester Buckhart Action Group v. Young, 887 N.E.2d 49 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008) (application of state livestock management facilities act)

Elementary Sch. Dist. 159 v. Schiller, 849 N.E.2d 349 (Ill. 2006) (annexation)

Dep't of Transp. v. Sunnyside P'ship, LP., 785 N.E.2d 1018 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003) (compliance with farmland preservation act when exercising eminent domain power)

INDIANA

Terra Nova Dairy, LLC v. Wabash County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, --- N.E.2d ---, 2008 WL 2761657 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (denial of improvement location permit for new dairy)

Thomas v. Blackford County 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)

In re Membership of Benton County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 886 N.E.2d 654, 2008 WL 2152348 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (conflict of interest by zoning authority)

Sexton v. Jackson County Bd. of Zoning, 884 N.E.2d 889 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (standing to challenge granting of special exemption to build hog farm)

Ind. Dep't of Natural Res. v. Newton County, 802 N.E.2d 430 (Ind. 2004) (County Farmland Preservation ordinance challenged)

IOWA

Simpson v. Kollasch, 749 N.W.2d 671 (Iowa 2008) (failure to prove anticipatory negligence by neighbors of a hog farm)

Worth County Friends of Agric. v. Worth County, 688 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2004) (home rule authority)

Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C., 684 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 2004) (validity of right to farm law)

In re Estate of Hurt, 681 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa 2004) (validity of agricultural easement)

Martins v. Interstate Power Co., 652 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 2002) (stray voltage nuisance claim)

KANSAS

Bice v. City of Rexford, 2007 WL 2915611, (Kan. Ct. App. Oct. 5, 2007) (city ordinance challenged under state's right to farm law)

Seward County v. Navarro, 133 P.3d 1283 (Kan. Ct. App. 2006) ("agricultural purpose" defined)

David v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Norton County, 89 P.3d 893 (Kan. 2004) (county CAFO law challenged)

KENTUCKY

Upchurch v. Cumberland Co. Fiscal Ct., No. 2000-CA-002607-MR, 2003 WL 253171 (Ky. Ct. App. Jan 31, 2003) (county poultry law upheld)

MARYLAND

Cinque v. Montgomery County Planning Bd., 918 A.2d 1254 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 2007)(agricultural land preservation)

MASSACHUSETTS

Chase v. Trust for Pub. Land, No. 329075(KCL), 2008 WL 642635 (Mass. Land Ct. Mar. 11, 2008) (conservation restriction)

Winer v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Harwich, No. 03610, 2004 WL 2075463, at *1 (Mass. Super. Ct., July 29, 2004) (application of local ordinance)

MICHIGAN

Four Twp. Citizens' Coal. v. Rondigo, LLC, No. 275471, 2008 WL 2357667 (Mich. Ct. App. June 10, 2008) (standing to challenge composting operation)

Woodland Hills Homeowners Ass'n of Thetford Twp. v. Thetford Twp., No. 275315, 2008 WL 2117147 (Mich. Ct. App. May 20, 2008) (preemption of local ordinance by right to farm law)

People of Twp. of Clay v. Templeton, No. 271082, 2007 WL 3357681 (Mich. Ct. App. Nov. 13, 2007) (attorney's fees under right to farm statute)

Papadelis v. City of Troy, 733 N.W.2d 397 (Mich. 2007) (right to farm act did not exempt from local ordinances)

Twp. of Armada v. Marah, No. 268142, 2006 WL 2742061 (Mich. Ct. App. Sept. 26, 2006) (right to farm act)

Vasko v. Dept. of Agric., No. 257534, 2006 WL 250949 (Mich. Ct. App. Feb. 2, 2006) (constitutionality of right to farm act)

King of the Wind Farms, Inc. v. Mich. Comm'n of Agric., No. 237097, 2005 WL 3556150 (Mich. Ct. App., Dec. 29, 2005) (composting operation)

Charter Twp. of Shelby v. Papesh, 704 N.W.2d 92 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005) (zoning and state right to farm act)

Vill. of Rothbury v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, Inc., No. 246596, 2004 WL 1837835 (Mich. Ct. App., Aug. 17, 2004) (right to farm)

Padgett v. Mason County Zoning Comm'n, No. 236458, 2003 WL 22902878 (Mich. Ct. App. Dec. 9, 2003) (local zoning ordinance)

Milan Twp. v. Jaworski, No. 240444, 2003 WL 22872141 (Mich. Ct. App. Dec. 4, 2003) (preemption of local zoning ordinance by right to farm act)

Twp. of Macomb v. Michaels, No. 229228, 2003 WL 1785806 (Mich. Ct. App. April 1, 2003) (local zoning ordinance)

Janssen v. Holland Charter Twp. Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 651 N.W.2d 464 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002) (zoning variance upheld)

Travis v. Preston, 643 N.W.2d 235 (Mich. App. 2002) (hog operation challenged, right to farm)

MISSOURI

Gash v. Lafayette County, 245 S.W.2d 229 (Mo. 2008) (review of zoning land as agricultural)

MINNESOTA

Wendinger v. Forst Farms, Inc., 662 N.W.2d 546, (Minn. Ct. App. 2003) (hog operation challenged in nuisance)

Schwardt v. County of Watonwan, 656 N.W.2d 383 (Minn. 2003) (hog farm permit granted)

MONTANA

King v. Van Setten, No. 2004 MT 171N, 2004 WL 1447736 (Mont. June 29, 2004) (irrigation return water was a nuisance)

Wells v. Young, 47 P.3d 809 (Mont. 2002) (irrigation practices challenged)

NEBRASKA

Johnson v. Knox County P'ship, 728 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 2007) (challenge that feedlot violated zoning ordinances)

Stephens v. Pillen, 681 N.W.2d 59 (Neb. Ct. App. 2004) (nuisance damages)

Stephens v. Pillen, 681 N.W.2d 59 (Neb. Ct. App. 2004) (private nuisance action)

Soukop v. ConAgra, Inc., 653 N.W.2d 655 (Neb. 2002) (retroactivity of right to farm act)

Premium Farms v. County of Holt, 640 N.W.2d 633, (Neb. 2002) (county regulatory authority)

NEW JERSEY

Twp. of Piscataway v. S. Washington Ave., LLC, 947 A.2d 663 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2008) (valuation date in farmland preservation)

Bruce Paparone, Inc. v. State, Agric. Dev. Comm., 920 A.2d 770 (N.J. Super. Ct. App Div. 2007) (farmland preservation agreement)

In re Wilkin, No. ADC-2609-03, 2006 WL 3018047 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. Oct. 25, 2006)(zoning and right to farm act)

In re Tavalario, 901 A.2d 963 (N.J. Super. Ct. App Div. 2006) (zoning and right to farm act)

In re Samaha Farms, No. ADC-8497-02, 2006 WL 923700 (nuisance qualifying under a right to farm act)

Rey v. County of Hunterdon, No. HNT-L-599-03, 2005 WL 2439697 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. Sept. 23, 2005) (interpretation of a farmland preservation contract)

N.J. Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Twp. of E. Amwell, 882 A.2d 388 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2005) (zoning to preserve farmland)

Borough of Closter v. Abram Demaree Homestead, Inc., 839 A.2d 110 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2004) (primary jurisdiction of county ag board)

Twp. of S. Brunswick v. State Agric. Dev. Comm., 800 A. 2d 202 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2002) (ag development area)

Twp. of Franklin v. Hollander, 796 A.2d 874 (N.J. 2002) (right to farm)

NEW YORK

W. Beekmantown Neighborhood Ass'n, Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Beekmantown, --- N.Y.S.2d ---, 2008 WL 2831272 (N.Y. App. Div. 2008) (conditional use permit to build wind farm)

Aspen Creek Estates, Ltd. v. Town of Brookhaven, 848 N.Y.S.2d 214 (N.Y. App. Div. 2007) (condemning property for farmland protection area)

Groat v. Brennan, No. 4134-06, 2006 WL 3350646 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. Nov. 17, 2006) (challenge of sound agricultural practice opinion)

Inter-Lakes Health, Inc., v. Town of Ticonderoga Town Bd., 786 N.Y.S.2d 643 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004) (propriety of zoning ordinance)

NORTH CAROLINA

Powell v. Bulluck, 573 S.E.2d 699 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (pre-trial mediation not required for nuisance action)

Piedmont Triad Reg'l Water Auth. v. Lamb, 564 S.E.2d 71 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002) (takings action)

Craig v. County of Chatham, 565 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. 2002) (county law preempted)

NORTH DAKOTA

Tibert v. Slominski, 692 N.W.2d 133 (N.D. 2005) (nuisance claims barred by right to farm against grain elevator)

Tibert v. Slominski, 692 N.W.2d 133 (N.D. 2005) (statute of limitations)

OHIO

Meerland Dairy L.L.C. v. Ross Twp., --- N.E.2d ---, 2008 WL 1991886 (Ohio Ct. App. 2008) (city's ability to control CAFOs)

Hart v. Somerford Twp. Bd. of Tr., No. 2007-05-019, 2008 WL 1704244 (Ohio Ct. App. April 14, 2008) (challenging zoning of land for agricultural purposes)

Smalley v. OH Dept. of Transp, Dist. 1, 869 N.E.2d 777 (Ohio Ct. Cl. 2007) (just compensation determined)

Shuttleworth v. Knapke, No. 02CA1582, 2003 WL 588598 (Ohio Ct. App. Feb. 28, 2003) (denial of injunction against hog farm)

OKLAHOMA

Bd. of County Comm'rs of Muskogee County v. Lowery, 136 P.3d 639 (Okla. 2006) (economic development not a public use for eminent domain)

OREGON

VinCep v. Yamhill County, 171 P.3d 368 (Or. Ct. App. 2007) (review of urban development plan for agricultural area)

Sprint PCS v. Washington County, 63 P.3d 1261 (Or. Ct. App. 2003) (farmland preservation law)

PENNSYLVANIA

Tennyson v. Zoning Hearing of W. Bradford Twp., --- A.2d ---, 2008 WL 2415271 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) (upholding special exception to build horse stable)

Panzone v. Fayette County Zoning Hearing Bd., 944 A.2d 817 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008) (upholding denial of special exception to keep horses)

Middletown Twp. v. Lands of Stone, 939 A.2d 331 (Pa 2007) (taking of farm for public recreational space)

Ephrata Area Sch. Dist. v. County of Lancaster, 938 A.2d 264 (Pa 2007) (conservation easement)

Ethan-Michael, Inc. v. Bd. of Supervisors of Union Twp, 918 A.2d 203 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (ag preservation district)

Commw., Ex Rel. Corbett v. Richmond Twp., 917 A.2d 397 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (invalidation of local agricultural zoning ordinance)

Commw., Ex. Rel. Corbett v. Locus Twp., 915 A.2d 738 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2007) (invalidating local agricultural ordinance)

Commw., Ex Rel. Corbett v. Lower Oxford Twp., 915 A.2d 685 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2006) (challenging local agricultural ordinance)

Concerned Citzens of Exeter Twp, Inc. v. Exeter Twp. Sch. Dist., No. 06-8733, 2006 WL 5347779 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. Dec. 11, 2006) (ag preservation district)

Burkholder v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of Richmond Twp., 902 A.2d 1006 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2006) (preemption of zoning ordinance)

In re Condemnation of Springboro Area Water Auth. of Property of Gillette, 898 A.2d 6 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2006) (condemnation of area defined as "agricultural area" under state law)

41 Valley Assoc. v. Bd. of Supervisors of London Grove Twp., 882 A.2d 5 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2005) (review of exclusion of land from an "agricultural security area.")

In re Robinson, No. 03-10662, 2005 Pa. Dist. & Cnty. Dec. LEXIS 337 (Pa. C.P. Ct. of Montgomery County Nov. 18, 2005) (non-exemption from local zoning ordinance)

McGonigle v. Lower Heidelberg Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 858 A.2d 663 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004) (ag preservation district)

Christman v. Zoning Hearing Bd. of the Twp. of Windsor, 854 A.2d 629 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2004) (spot zoning)

In re Forrester, 836 A.2d 102 (Pa. 2003) (Agricultural Security Act)

Buck Hills Falls Co. v. Press, 791 A.2d 392 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2002) (residents' poultry raising enjoined)

C & M Developers, Inc. v. Bedminster Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., 820 A.2d 143 (Pa. 2002) (zoning ordinance challenged)

SOUTH CAROLINA

Mikell v. County of Charleston, 654 S.E.2d 92 (S.C. Ct. App. 2007) (ag preservation district)

SOUTH DAKOTA

Jensen v. Lincoln County Bd. of Comm'rs, 718 N.W.2d 606 (S.D. 2006) (feedlot as preexisting use)

In re Conditional Use Permit Denied to Meier, 645 N.W.2d 579, 583 (S.D. 2002) (denial of hog farm permit)

TENNESSEE

Dyersburg Suburban Consol. Util. Dist. v. City of Dyersburg, No. W2006-01704-COA-R3-CV, 2007 WL 1859460 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 29, 2007) (rural water district's service area)

TEXAS

Hollywood Park Humane Soc. v. Town of Hollywood Park, --- S.W.3d ---, 2008 WL 879291 (Tex. App. 2008) (deer management program)

Holubec v. Brandenberger, 214 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App. 2006) (right to farm)

Cal-Co Grain Co., Inc. v. Whatley, No. 13-05-120-CV, 2006 WL 2439973 (Tex. App. Aug. 24, 2006) (right to farm)

Aguilar v. Trujillo, 162 S.W.3d 839 (Tex. App. 2005) (application of right to farm act)

Barrera v. Hondo Creek Cattle Co., 132 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. Ct. App. 2004) (right to farm)

Holubec v. Brandenberger, 111 S.W.3d 32 (Tex. 2003) (right to farm)

VERMONT

John Larkin, Inc. v. Marceau, 2008 VT 61 (Vt. 2008) (pesticide trespass; right to farm)

Madkour v. Zoltak, 924 A.2d 11 (Vt. 2007) (restrictive covenants)

In re Ochs, 915 A.2d 780 (Vt. 2006) (definition of a "farm")

Trickett v. Ochs, 838 A.2d 66 (Vt 2003) (right to farm)

VIRGINIA

Turner v. Caplan, 596 S.E.2d 525 (Va. 2004) (protective covenants)

Turner v. Caplan, 596 S.E.2d 525 (Va. 2004) (nuisance)

Buckley v. Loundoun County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, No. 20141, 2002 WL 31943390 (Va. Cir. Ct. June 4, 2002) (agricultural zoning district)

WASHINGTON

Union Elevator & Warehouse Co., Inc. v. State ex rel. Dep't of Transp., 183 P.3d 1097 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008) (granting relocation expense to condemned grain elevator)

Snohomish County v. Hensley, No. 55963-2-I, 2007 WL 442171 (Wash. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2007) (re-designation of "agricultural area")

Lewis County v. W. Wash. Growth Mgmt. Hearings Bd., 139 P.3d 1096 (Wash. 2006) (review of designation of "agricultural lands")

Davis v. Taylor, 132 P.3d 783 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006) (nuisance not excused by state right to farm act)

Alpental Cmty. Club v. Seattle Gymnastics Soc'y, 111 P.3d 257 (Wash. 2005) (right to farm act)

City of West Richland v. Dep't of Ecology, 103 P.3d 818 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (water rights transfer)

Vicwood Meridian P'ship v. Skagit Sand & Gravel, 98 P.3d 1277 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (right to farm act)

Littleton v. Whatcom County, 86 P.3d 1253 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004) (definition of "solid waste")

WISCONSIN

Gehl v. Conrad, No 2005AP2589, 2006 WL 2294582 (Wis. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2006)(Farmland Preservation)

Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (treble damages)

Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (damages in stray voltage)

Allen v. Wis. Pub. Serv. Corp., 694 N.W.2d 420 (Wis. Ct. App. 2005) (nuisance in stray voltage cases)

Horlacher v. Eau Claire County Bd. of Land Use Appeals, No. 02-0340, 2002 WL 1752265 (Wis. Ct. App. July 30, 2002) (what is consistent with an "agricultural use")

WYOMING

Reed v. Cloninger, 131 P.3d 359 (Wyo. 2006) (right to farm)