• July 17, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE & FARM SANCTUARY, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FOOD SAFETY INSPECTION SERVICE, Defendants., No....

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• 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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• 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 25, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: State v. Avella, No. 5D18-1407, 2019 WL 2552529 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. June 21, 2019) The State of Florida appeals...

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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 7, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL MONSANTO COMPANY APPELLANT V. ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; WALTER “BRUCE” ALFORD; KYLE BALTZ; RUSSELL BLACK; RUSSELL BRAGG; ROBERT CAMPBELL; DR....

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• June 6, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. ROGER J. LAPANT, JR., et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: Farmland Mgmt. Servs., Goose...

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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 31, 2019
• Elizabeth

LEGISLATIVE: S. 1641: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on...

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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 24, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; TERRY WALKER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS STATE PLANT BOARD; OTIS HOWE,...

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• May 22, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOSHUA STEIN, Defendant. Additional Party Names: Valentin Alvarado Hernandez, Victor Toledo Vences,...

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• May 10, 2019
• Elizabeth

REGULATORY: Notice: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA; We are notifying the public that we propose to make changes to the import...

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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 30, 2019
• Elizabeth

JUDICIAL: Wild Fish Conservancy v. Cooke Aquaculture Pac. LLC, No. C17-1708-JCC, 2019 WL 1880035 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 26, 2019) Defendant Cooke...

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