Case Law Index Animal Feeding Operations

January 1, 2002 – January 17, 2022


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. 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


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

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

Am. Farm Bureau Fed’n v. EPA, No. CIV. 13-1751 ADM/TNL, 2015 WL 364667 (D. Minn. Jan. 27, 2015 (challenging the EPA’s disclosure of certain information about CAFOs)

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


NINTH CIRCUIT

Food & Water Watch v. EPA, No. 20-71554, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 37127 (9th Cir. Dec. 16, 2021) (challenge to NPDES permit issued for Idaho CAFOs)

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

Or. 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)


TENTH CIRCUIT

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. 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

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


KANSAS

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

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

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

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

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

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., 176 A.3d 1058 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018) (appeal from denial of a special exception zoning ordinance) 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 DAKOTA

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

Powers v. Turner Cnty. Bd. of Adjustment, 951 N.W.2d 284 (S.D. 2020) (challenge to approval of 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

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