Case Law Index Animal Feeding Operations
January 1, 2002 – February 26, 2020
FIRST CIRCUIT
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. Public Interest Research Group v. Atlantic Salmon of Maine, 215 F.Supp.2d 239 (D.Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm) Text
U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Stolt Sea Farm, Inc., 2002 WL 240386 (D.Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm)
U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Heritage Salmon, Inc., 2002 WL 240440 (D.Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm)
SECOND CIRCUIT
Humane Soc’y of United States v. HVFG, LLC, No. 06 CV 6829(HB), 2010 WL 1837785 (S.D.N.Y. May 06, 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, 2007 WL 2071746 (N.D.N.Y. 2007) (CWA and RCRA claims) Text
Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. v. U.S. E.P.A., 399 F.3d 486 (2d Cir. 2005) (challenge to CAFO Act) Text
THIRD CIRCUIT
Am. Farm Bureau Fed’n v. U.S. E.P.A., 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 Alliance, Inc. v. New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, 2011 WL 2976855 (D. New Jersey 2011) (CWA citizen suits) Text
Reynolds v. Rick’s Mushroom Service, Inc., 246 F.Supp.2d 449 (E.D. Pa. 2003) (waste from mushroom processor) Text
FOURTH CIRCUIT
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 Society of the United States v. Hanor Company of Wisconsin, LLC, 289 F.Supp.3d 692 (E.D.N.C. 2018) (animal protection organization brought a citizen suit alleging violation of EPCRA) Text
In re North Carolina Swine Farm Nuisance Litigation, 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 United States v. Hanor Co. of Wisconsin, LLC, No. 4:15-CV-109-FL, 2016 WL 3435192, at *1 (E.D.N.C. June 17, 2016) (animal protection organization brought a citizen suit alleging violation of EPCRA)
Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. North Carolina Dept. of Env’t and Nat. Res, 131 F.Supp.3d 496 (E.D.N.C. 2015) (requiring farm to obtain NPDES permit) Text
Alt v. U.S. E.P.A., 979 F.Supp.2d 701 (N.D. West Virginia 2013) (Farmer seeking declaratory relief due to EPA’s issuance of a finding of violation and order for compliance under the CWA) Text
Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. v. Hudson 2012 WL 6651930 (D. Maryland 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, at *2 (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. March 15, 2011) (challenge to EPA regulation of emission of water pollutants by feeding operations) Text
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Askins v. Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, 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, 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)
Askins v. Ohio Dep’t of Agric., No. 3:14 CV 1699, 2014 WL 6775548, at *1 (N.D. Ohio Dec. 2, 2014) (citizen suit against the EPA alleging violation of the CWA agency permitting procedures)
Powell v. Tosh, 942 F.Supp.2d 678 (W.D.Ky. 2013) (class action against swine farmers) Text
Kentucky Waterways All. v. Johnson, 540 F.3d 466 (6th Cir. 2008) (EPA sued for approval of state’s water quality antidegradation rules) Text
Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Johnson, 426 F.Supp.2d 612 (W.D.Ky. 2006) (EPA sued for approval of state’s water quality antidegradation rules) Text
Johnson County Citizen Comm. for Clean Air & Water v. U.S. E.P.A., No. 3:05-0222, 2005 WL 2204953 (M.D.Tenn. 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
Dalzell v. Country View Family Farms, 517 Fed.Appx. 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. U.S. E.P.A., 223 F.Supp.2d 997 (S.D. Ind. 2002) (implementation of CWA) Text
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
American Farm Bureau Federation v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 836 F.3d 963 (8th Cir. 2016) (challenging the EPA’s disclosure of certain information about CAFOs) Text
Am. Farm Bureau Fed’n & Nat. Pork Producers Council v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, No. CIV. 13-1751 ADM/TNL, 2015 WL 364667, at *1 (D. Minn. Jan. 27, 2015 (challenging the EPA’s disclosure of certain information about CAFOs)
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Corporation v. Rambo, No. 13-4047-CV-C-MJW, 2014 WL 11394879 (W.D. Missouri Sept. 30, 2014) (insurance policy dispute)
Buffalo River Watershed Alliance v. Dept. of Agriculture, No. 4:13-cv-450-DPM, 2014 WL 6837005 (E.D. Arkansas 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
Minnesota Ctr. for Envtl. Advocacy v. U.S. E.P.A, 2005 WL 1490331 (D. Minn. 2005) (challenge to EPA’s approval of TMDL levels)
Daniels v. Iowa, 2005 WL 1398498 (S.D. Iowa 2005) (constitutional challenge of DNR regulation)
Furnas County Farms v. Hayes County, 2002 WL 1796511 (D. Neb. 2002) (zoning)
Forrest v. Northland Cas. Co., 213 F.Supp.2d 1023, 1023-24 (W.D. Ark. 2002) (insurance policy dispute) Text
NINTH CIRCUIT
Don’t Waste Arizona Inc. v. Hickman’s Egg Ranch Inc., No. CV-16-03319-PHX-GMS, 2018 WL 4599730, at *1 (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 Coalition v. Coast Seafoods Company, 884 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 2018) (CWA citizen suit against oyster hatchery) Text
Friends of Maha’ulepu, Inc. v. Hawai’I Dairy Farms, 224 F.Supp.3d 1094 (D. Hawai’I 2016) (CWA citizen suit against a CAFO) Text
Community Association for Restoration of the Environment, Inc. v. Cow Palace, 80 F.Supp.3d 1180 (E.D. Washington 2015) (alleging violation of the RCRA) Text
B & K Livestock Auction, Inc. v. Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality, No. 3:12-cv-2085-PK, 2013 WL 3973880 (D. Oregon July 31, 2013) (issue and claim preclusion) Text
Holdner v. Kroger, No. 3:12-cv-01159-PK, 2012 WL 6131637 (D. Oregon 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, at *1 (D. Or. July 5, 2011) (challenging classification of business as non-CAFO)
Community Association for Restoration of the Environment v. Nelson Faria Dairy, No. CV-04-3060-LRS, 2011 WL 6934707 (E.D. Washington Dec. 30, 2011) (Order on Relief of a CAFO dairy) Text
Holdner v. Or. Dep’t of Agric., 676 F.Supp.2d 1141, 2009 WL 5149264 (D. Or. 2009) (discharges of pollutants by a CAFO) Text
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
Or. Natural 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)
Association of Irritated Residents v. Fred Schakel Dairy, 2005 WL 3299508 (E.D. Cal. 2005) (administrative procedures)
Community Ass’n for Restoration of the Environment v. Henry Bosma Dairy, 305 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA challenge against dairy farm) Text
Association to Protect Hammersley, Eld, and Totten Inlets v. Taylor Resources, Inc., 299 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA challenge against shellfish producer) Text
U.S. v. New Portland Meadows, Inc., 2002 WL 31180956 (D. Or. 2002) (discharge of pollutants from horse racetrack facility)
TENTH CIRCUIT
Oklahoma ex rel. Hunter v. U.S. E.P.A, No. 15-CV-0381-CVE-FHM, 2019 WL 2288446 (N.D. Okla. May 29, 2019) (challenge to the Clean Water Rule, there is an appeal pending as of Sept. 29, 2019) Text
Kersenbrock v. Stoneman Cattle Co., LLC, 2007 WL 2219288 (D. Kan. 2007) (citizen suit under the CWA) Text
Oklahoma ex rel Edmondson v. Tyson Foods, Inc. 2007 WL 649332 (N.D. Okla. 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. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 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. Dept. of Agriculture, 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 Alliance v. Environmental Protection Agency, 853 F.3d 527 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (public disclosure of CAFO reports of air emissions under EPCRA) Text
Humane Society of the United States v. McCarthy, 209 F.Supp.3d 280 (D.C. 2016) (administrative proceedings for a CAA citizen suit) Text
Environmental 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. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 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
Association of Irritated Residents v. E.P.A., 494 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (review of EPA enforcement action) Text
ARKANSAS
Scottsdale Insurance Company v. Morrow Land Valley Company, 411 S.W.3d 184 (Arkansas 2012) (Insurance policy for CAFO pollution exclusion) Text
CALIFORNIA
Asociacion De Gente Unida Por El Agua v. Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, 210 Cal.App.4th 1255 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012) (challenge to order regulating discharge of waste from dairies) Text
Association 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
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 County Board of Commissioners, 281 P.3d 1076 (Idaho 2012) (approval of a permit for a CAFO)
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 Dept. of Agriculture, 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
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 Group v. Young, 887 N.E.2d 49 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008) (definition of “new facility” under state law) Text
INDIANA
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 County Board 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
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 Envtl. Adjudication, -909 N.E.2d 1020 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009) (denying petition review permit for construction of CFO) Text
Thomas v. Blackford County 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 County Remonstrators v. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of Benton County, 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. Fergus, 896 N.E.2d 1205 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (injunction to prevent AFO being built) Text
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) Text
Terra Nova Dairy, LLC v. Wabash County Bd. of Zoning Appeals, 890 N.E.2d 98 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008) (denial of improvement location permit for new dairy) Text
Thomas v. Oolman Dairy, LLC, 858 N.E.2d 256 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006) (zoning) Text
Breitweiser v. Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication, 810 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2004) (administrative procedures) Text
Breitweiser v. Indiana Office of Environmental Adjudication, 775 N.E.2d 1175 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002) (judicial review) Text
IOWA
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. Board of Adjustment for Sioux County, 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 County Friends of Agriculture v. Worth County, 688 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa, 2004) (home rule authority) Text
Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C., 684 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 2004) (validity of right to farm law) Text
Sierra Club v. Wayne Weber, L.L.C., 689 N.W.2d 696 (Iowa 2004) (nuisance action) Text
KANSAS
Herd v. Shrauner Feedyard, No. 116,193, 2017 WL 2617647 (Kan. Ct. App. June 16, 2017) (nuisance action against CAFO) Text
David v. Board of Com’rs of Norton County, 89 P.3d 893 (Kan. 2004) (county CAFO law challenged) Text
MARYLAND
Food & Water Watch v. Maryland Dep’t of the Env’t, No. 2602, SEPT.TERM,2016, 2018 WL 2203175, at *1 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. May 14, 2018) (alleging violation of CWA) Text
Assateague Coastkeeper v. Maryland Dept. of Environment, 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. Dept. of Environmental 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 County v. Dep’t of Envtl. Quality, 766 N.W.2d 857 (Mich. 2009) (upholding reversal of declaratory judgment for state CAFO program) Text
Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter v. Dept. of Envtl. Quality, 747 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008) (review of state general CAFO permit) Text
MINNESOTA
In re Reichmann Land and Cattle, 867 N.W.2d 502 (Minn. 2015) (NPDES and SDS permits for winter cattle feeding lands) Text
In re Dairy Dozen-Thief River Falls, LLP, Nos. A09-936, A09-1406, 2010 WL 2161781 (Minn. Ct. App. June 01, 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 Alliance for Quality Living v. Dodge County Bd. of Com’rs, 694 N.W.2d 577 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005) (Environmental Impact Statement) Text
Vasgaard v. Murray County Bd. of Com’rs, 2003 WL 21962493 (Minn. Ct. App. 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. Mississippi Environmental 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. Mississippi Environmental Quality Permit Bd., 943 So.2d 673 (Miss. 2006) (challenge to issuance of air pollution control permit) Text
MISSOURI
K Tre Holdings, LP v. Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources, 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 Agriculture 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. Missouri Department of Natural Resources, 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. Scotland County Commission, 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. Missouri Parks Ass’n v. Missouri Dep’t of Natural 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
NEBRASKA
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 County P’ship, 728 N.W.2d 101 (Neb. 2007) (feedlot as a private nuisance) Text
D.B. Feedyards, Inc. v. Envtl. Sci., Inc., 745 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. Ct. App. 2008) (breach of environmental consulting service contract) Text
Hanchera v. Board 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
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
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
Coon v. North Dakota Department of Health, 901 N.W.2d 718 (N.D. 2017) (appeal from decision to issue an animal feeding operation permit) Text
Hagerott v. Morton County Bd. of Comm’rs, 778 N.W.2d 813 (N.D. 2010) (permit for feedlot) Text
Ramsey Cty. Farm Bureau v. Ramsey Cty., 755 N.W.2d 920 (zoning ordinances relating to AFOs) Text
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) Text
OKLAHOMA
In re Canadian River Land & Cattle Co. v. State of Oklahoma ex rel., 269 P.3d 40 (Ct. Civ. App. 2011) (transfer of license) Text
Hummer v. State ex re. Oklahoma Bd. of Agric., 245 P.3d 1244 (Ct. 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, 2007 OK CIV APP 115, 173 P.3d 98 (nuisance relating to Animal Feeding Operations Act) Text
PENNSYLVANIA
Burlingame v. Dagostin, 183 A.3d 462 (Penn. 2018) (private nuisance actions against CAFO) Text
Berner v. Montour Township Zoning Hearing Board, 176 A.3d 1058 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018) (appeal from denial of a special exception zoning ordinance) Text
Latimore Township v. Latimore Township Zoning Hearing Board, 58 A.3d 883 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013) (appeal from a zoning decision allowing a poultry CAFO) Text
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Locust Township, 49 A.3d 502 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2012) (challenging the validity of ordinance regulating intensive animal operations) Text
SOUTH DAKOTA
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 County Board 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 County Commission, 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 Association v. Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission, 882 N.W.2d 307 (S.D. 2016) (challenge to decision granting a conditional use permit for a CAFO) Text
Grant County Concerned Citizens v. Grant County Board 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 County Board of Commissioners, 851 N.W.2d 208 (S.D. 2014) (citizen petition to invalidate a conditional use permit to construct a CAFO) Text
Grant County Concerned Citizens v. Grant County Bd. of Com’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 for Hand County, 741 N.W.2d 746 (S.D. 2007) (challenge of AFO zoning ordinance) Text
Schafer v. Deuel County Bd. of Com’rs, 725 N.W.2d 241 (S.D. 2006) (zoning) Text
Jensen v. Lincoln County Bd. of Com’rs, 718 N.W.2d 606 (S.D. 2006) (preexisting use) Text
Bechen v. Moody County Bd. of Com’rs, 703 N.W.2d 662 (S.D. 2005) (zoning) Text
Elliott v. Board of County Com’rs of Lake County, 703 N.W.2d 361 (S.D. 2005) (zoning) Text
Hay v. Board of Com’rs for Grant County, 670 N.W.2d 376 (S.D. 2003) (zoning) Text
In re Yankton County Com’n, 670 N.W.2d 34 (S.D. 2003) (zoning) Text
Kirschenman v. Hutchinson County Bd. of Com’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
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Bosque River Coalition, 413 S.W.3d 403 (Tex. 2013) (amending of an existing CAFO permit) Text
Texas Commission on Environmental 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 Natural Resource Conservation Com’n, 94 S.W.3d 876 (Tex. App. 2002) (permit to change waste management system challenged) Text
City of Waco v. Texas Natural Resource Conservation Com’n, 83 S.W.3d 169 (Tex. App. 2002) (regulation of CAFO permits) Text
VIRGINIA
Chesapeake Bay Foundation v. Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Virginia State Water Control Board, 90 Va. Cir. 392 (2015) (appealing from amendments to the Virginia Pollution Abatement General Permit Regulation for Animal Feeding Operations)
WASHINGTON
Community Association for Restoration of Environment 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, 2008 WL 4567130 (Wash. Ct. App. 2008) (dairy not a significant contributor to water pollution) Text
WISCONSIN
Adams v. Livestock Facilities Siting Review Bd., 787 N.W.2d 941 (Wis. Ct. App. 2010) (town’s additional zoning restrictions preempted) Text