• March 22, 2019
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REGULATORY: Final rule: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; This final rule amends Marketing Order No. 959, which regulates the handling of onions grown in...

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• March 21, 2019
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JUDICIAL: BERT L. BENNETT III & TERRY BENNETT ALLEN, Plaintiffs, v. GRAHAM F. BENNETT; ANN BENNETT-PHILLIPS; JAMES H. BENNETT; & LOUISE...

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• March 19, 2019
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GENOSOURCE, LLC, Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant, v. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff. INGURAN, LLC, d/b/a SEXING TECHNOLOGIES, Third-Party Plaintiff,, No. 18-CV-113-CJW-KEM, 2019 WL...

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• March 15, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ramos v. Stone Forestry Servs., Inc., No. 2:18-CV-02942, 2019 WL 1170769 (D.S.C. Mar. 13, 2019): Plaintiffs Jose H. Plaintiffs are both...

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• March 13, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Ulloa v. Fancy Farms, Inc., No. 18-10536, 2019 WL 1077272, (11th Cir. Mar. 7, 2019) This is an appeal from...

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• March 12, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Roosevelt Irrigation Dist., Plaintiff, v. United States of Am., et al., Defendants. Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist.,...

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• March 8, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Backus v. Conagra Brands, Inc., No. C 16-00454 WHA, 2019 WL 1046025 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 5, 2019) Plaintiff brought this...

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• March 6, 2019
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JUDICIAL: W. States Petroleum Ass’n v. Envtl. Quality Comm’n, 296 Or. App. 298 (2019): Petitioners challenge the validity of the administrative rules...

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• March 5, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Application for Water Rights of Well Augmentation Subdistrict of Cent. Colorado Water Conservancy Dist., 2019 CO 12; Centennial appealed from...

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• March 1, 2019
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JUDICIAL: ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT, OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants., No. CV 17-1875 (RMC), 2019 WL 954774...

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• February 27, 2019
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REGULATORY: Final rule: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of waxes and...

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• February 22, 2019
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JUDICIAL: DANONE, US, LLC, Plaintiff, v. CHOBANI, LLC, Defendant., No. 18 CIV. 11702 (CM), 2019 WL 760040 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 23, 2019); “This...

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• February 20, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Allen v. State, 2019 CO 6, 433 P.3d 581 This case concerns whether a water court has jurisdiction to consider a claim...

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• February 18, 2019
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LEGISLATIVE: Dairy v. Harry Shelton Livestock, LLC, No. 18-CV-06357-RMI, 2019 WL 631493 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 14, 2019) On October 17, 2018,...

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• February 15, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Smith v. Meyring Cattle Co., L.L.C., 302 Neb. 116, 921 N.W.2d 820 (2019); A ranch employee was injured, allegedly as a...

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• February 11, 2019
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JUDICIAL: G.W. Palmer & Co. v. Fla. Fresh Produce Corp., No. 217CV657FTM29MRM, 2019 WL 480501 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 7, 2019): This...

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• February 7, 2019
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JUDICIAL: Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey, 913 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2019) In 2013, the Ninth Circuit decided the first...

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• February 6, 2019
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JUDICIAL: OAKDALE GROUNDWATER ALLIANCE et al., Plaintiffs & Respondents, v. OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, Defendant & Appellant. Additional Party Names: Louis F....

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• February 1, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Interim final rule with request for comments: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. This rule will remove seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one...

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• January 16, 2019
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JUDICIAL Mittelstadt v. Perdue, No. 17-2447, 2019 WL 191045 (7th Cir. Jan. 15, 2019) Mark Mittelstadt owned a tract of land in Richland...

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