by Elizabeth | Jan 2, 2019 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update
JUDICIAL: Singh v. Fed. Crop Ins. Corp., No. 1:17-CV-01373-SAB, 2018 WL 6831130 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 28, 2018); This is an action for judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701, et seq., of final agency action relating to the federal crop...
by Elizabeth | Dec 31, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. FOUR C FARMS LLC, RICHARD DANIEL CORNUE, MARY JEAN DANE-CORNUE, CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA, & JUNG SEED GENETICS, Defendants., No. 18-CV-212-PP, 2018 WL 6814376 (E.D. Wis. Dec. 27, 2018) The plaintiff filed this case...
by Elizabeth | Dec 28, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service
JUDICIAL: Inst. of Range & the Am. Mustang v. Nature Conservancy, 2018 S.D. 88: The Institute of Range and the American Mustang (IRAM) appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its suit against The Nature Conservancy. IRAM sought to void a seventeen-year-old deed...
by Elizabeth | Dec 27, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
REGULATORY: Direct final rule: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA; The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) provides the Secretary with the authority to charge and collect reasonable fees to cover the costs of performing official services and the costs...
by Elizabeth | Dec 26, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: TOWNSHIP OF FRASER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HARVEY HANEY & RUTH ANN HANEY, Defendants-Appellants., No. 337842, 2018 WL 6711290 (Mich. Ct. App. Dec. 20, 2018) Plaintiff filed the suit seeking injunctive relief to abate a public nuisance. Plaintiff claimed...
by Elizabeth | Dec 21, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Commodity Credit Corporation, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency
JUDICIAL: Abele Tractor & Equip. Co. v. Schaeffer, No. 524586, 2018 WL 6683317 (N.Y. App. Div. Dec. 20, 2018):Appeals (1) from an order of the Supreme Court (McGrath, J.), entered August 22, 2016 in Rensselaer County, which, among other things, partially granted...
by Elizabeth | Dec 20, 2018 | Administrative Law, Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Labor, Nutrition Programs, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: EPIC FRESH PRODUCE, LLC, Plaintiff, v. OLYMPIC WHOLESALE PRODUCE, INC., et al., Defendants. Additional Party Names: 765 Busse Highway Apartments, LLC, Joanne Doumouras, Nicholas Doumouras, Olympic, LLC, No. 17-CV-8381, 2018 WL 6621325 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 18,...
by Elizabeth | Dec 19, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Rural Utilities Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: IN RE MUSHROOM DIRECT PURCHASER ANTITRUST LITIGATION THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: Giorgi Mushroom Co. & Giorgio Foods, Inc., No. CV 06-0620, 2018 WL 6603868 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 17, 2018) Class Plaintiffs and Defendants Giorgi Mushroom Co. and Giorgio Foods, Inc....
by Elizabeth | Dec 18, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Farm Bill, Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. RANDALL L. RADDATZ, DENNIS RADDATZ, MARY BETH RADDATZ, ASHLEY RADDATZ, COUNTRYSIDE COOPERATIVE, THE COOPERATIVE FINANCE ASSOCIATION, INC., DEERE & COMPANY, DAVID J. GREVICH, FIRST NATIONAL COMMUNITY BANK, &...
by Elizabeth | Dec 14, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: WAYNE KERBER, Plaintiff, v. CARVER COUNTY FARM SERVICE AGENCY & UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendants., No. CV 18-907 (MJD/BRT), 2018 WL 6529494 (D. Minn. Dec. 12, 2018): On October 22, 2015, Defendant the Carver County Farm Service Agency...
by Elizabeth | Dec 13, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Marketing Service, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: Axon v. Citrus World, Inc., No. 18CV4162ARRRML, 2018 WL 6448648 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 10, 2018): On July 20, 2018, Plaintiff filed a putative class action complaint against Florida’s Natural Growers, Inc. and its parent company, Citrus World, Inc. (collectively,...
by Elizabeth | Dec 11, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Water Law
JUDICIAL: IN RE: SYNGENTA AG MIR 162 CORN LITIGATION, This Document Relates to All Cases Except: Louis Dreyfus Co. Grains Merch. LLC v. Syngenta AG, et al., No. 16-2788 Trans Coastal Supply Co., No. 14-MD-2591-JWL, 2018 WL 6436074 (D. Kan. Dec. 7, 2018): In this...
by Elizabeth | Dec 10, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: IN RE: DRY BEAN REVENUE PROTECTION CROP INSURANCE LITIGATION, No. MDL 2871, 2018 WL 6427193 (U.S. Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. Dec. 6, 2018): Plaintiffs in the two actions listed on Schedule A move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in this...
by Elizabeth | Dec 7, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: United States v. Davis, No. 17-3030, 2018 WL 6288077 (8th Cir. Dec. 3, 2018); Appellant pleaded guilty to seventeen counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 3237. Over the course of thirteen months, Appellant fraudulently obtained $262,691...
by Elizabeth | Dec 6, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
JUDICIAL: Ausmus v. Perdue, 908 F.3d 1248 (10th Cir. 2018); This is an Administrative Procedure Act challenge to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation’s implementation of the Farm CropInsurance Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1501–1524. Plaintiffs are winter wheat farmers from...
by Elizabeth | Dec 5, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal Welfare, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
JUDICIAL: State v. Hunt, 2018 UT App 222: After a free-range stallion known as Confetti Magic aggressively charged him, rancher Marvin Jay Hunt corralled the horse and castrated him, along with several other stallions. One of Hunt’s neighbors (Neighbor) claimed...
by Elizabeth | Dec 4, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Daily Update, Environmental Protection Agency
JUDICIAL: CENTRAL OREGON LOCAVORE, Plaintiff, v. DESCHUTES COUNTY ASSESSOR, Defendant., No. TC-MD 170319G, 2018 WL 6253813 (Or. T.C. Nov. 27, 2018) This property tax exemption case is before the court on cross-motions for decision without trial. Plaintiff (“Locavore”)...
by Elizabeth | Dec 3, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Bureau of Land Management, Daily Update, Department of Labor, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Labor, Food and Nutrition Service, Forest Service, Immigration, Labor, National Environmental Policy Act, Nutrition Programs
Judicial: WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, & PREDATOR DEFENSE Plaintiffs, v. USDA APHIS WILDLIFE SERVICES Defendant., No. 1:17-CV-206-BLW, 2018 WL 6251358 (D. Idaho Nov. 29, 2018); For years, Wildlife Services has...
by Elizabeth | Nov 30, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Daily Update, United States Department of Agriculture
LEGISLATIVE United States v. Keystone Biofuels, No. 1:17-CR-00143, 2018 WL 6190358 (M.D. Pa. Nov. 28, 2018): On May 3, 2017, the Government charged Ben Wootton, Race Miner, and Keystone Biofuels in a seven count Indictment, alleging that Wootton, Miner, and Keystone...
by Elizabeth | Nov 28, 2018 | Ag & Food Law Update, Agricultural Liens, Conservation Programs, Crop Insurance, Daily Update, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Law, Fair Labor Standards Act, Farm Labor, Fish and Wildlife Service, International Trade, Labor, Water Law
Judicial: Weyerhaeuser Co. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., No. 17-71, 2018 WL 6174253 (U.S. Nov. 27, 2018); The Fish and Wildlife Service administers the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior. In 2001, the Service listed the...
