• July 10, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: In re Spiech Farms, LLC, No. GK 17-05398-JTG, 2019 WL 2913270 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. July 3, 2019) This dispute requires...

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• July 8, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Ilano, No. 17-16760, 2019 WL 2571434 (9th Cir. June 24, 2019) In 2014, Congress amended...

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• July 5, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Office of the Secretary, USDA; The Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (the Secretary) announces the establishment of...

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• June 27, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: MIGUEL GARCIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA, et al., Defendants., No. CV 18-1968 (RDM), 2019 WL 2581324 (D.D.C....

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• June 26, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Food Mktg. Inst. v. Argus Leader Media, No. 18-481, 2019 WL 2570624 (U.S. June 24, 2019) Respondent Argus Leader Media filed...

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• June 20, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: BARK, CASCADIA WILDLANDS, OREGON WILD, & WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendant, & HIGH CASCADE INC., Intervenor-Defendant.,...

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• June 13, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: FOOD & WATER WATCH, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Deanna Dunning, Farm...

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• June 12, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: JOSE URENA, an individual, on behalf of himself & others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ALMOND GROWERS ASSN. &...

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• June 11, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.; The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), a Rural Development agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, is...

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• June 3, 2019
• Elizabeth

LEGISLATIVE: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. MOUNTAIRE FARMS OF DELAWARE, INC., Defendant...

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• May 29, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: United States of Am., ex rel. Kenneth Kraemer, & Kenneth Kraemer & Kraemer Farms, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company,...

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• May 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Forest Service, USDA; The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is giving notice of its intent to close the Mark Twain...

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• May 15, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: CLAIMANT: Gene J. Klamert OBJECTORS: Daniel W. Iverson; United States of Am. (Bureau of Land Mgmt.) COUNTER OBJECTOR: Ned A....

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• May 8, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ISRAEL K. NEGASH, an individual; ETHIO, INC., a Maryland Corp. d/b/a Sunoco Food Mart, Plaintiffs – Appellants, v. UNITED STATES...

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• May 7, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Clement v. Menard, 2018-497 (La. App. 3 Cir. 5/1/19) This appeal stems from competing claims for injunctive relief involving an irrigation canal right-of-way....

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• April 26, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: DICKINSON FROZEN FOODS, INC., an Idaho corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation; THOMPSON COBURN, LLP, a Missouri...

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• April 19, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL ROLANDO DIAZ REYES, HECTOR IVAN BURGOS RIVERA, JOSE A. GARCIA MARRERO, KIDANNY JOSUE MARTINEZ REYES, EDWIN COSME COLON, & on...

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• April 18, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: MARTHA CEA PLAINTIFF v. COBB-VANTRESS, INC. DEFENDANT, No. 5:19-CV-05024, 2019 WL 1607291 (W.D. Ark. Apr. 15, 2019)   Now before the Court...

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• April 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: HENRY AVOCADO CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Z.J.D. BROTHER, LLC & LONG ZHONG “MICHAEL” CHEN Defendants., No. 17CV4559ARRRLM, 2019 WL 1586865 (E.D.N.Y....

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• March 28, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: CRYSTAL HILSLEY, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL MILLS, INC. et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Sanrio Co. Ltd., No. 3:18-CV-00395-L-BLM, 2019 WL...

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