Category: U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. Supreme Court Seeks Government Views on California Animal-Handling Law
Seeking additional input before ruling on a certiorari petition, the U.S. Supreme Court has asked the acting solicitor general to provide the U.S. government’s view of a challenge to a California law that prohibits slaughterhouses from receiving, processing or selling nonambulatory animals and prohibits dragging or pushing downer animals. Nat’l Meat Ass’n v. Harris, No.…
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U.S. Supreme Court Declines Review of Doffing-and-Donning Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied the certiorari petition filed by Kraft Foods, seeking review of a Seventh Circuit ruling that requires the company to pay for the time it takes workers to change into and out of safety gear and work clothes, despite a collective bargaining agreement to the contrary. Kraft Foods Global, Inc.…
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Application of FOIA’s Personal Privacy Exemption Before U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear the appeal of case that involves the application of a personal privacy exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to federal agency law enforcement records involving corporations. FCC v. AT&T Inc., No. 09-1279 (U.S., certiorari granted September 28, 2010). The Third Circuit Court of Appeals barred the…
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Enjoining GM Alfalfa Deregulation Went Too Far According to U.S. Supreme Court
In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that a district court erred in enjoining the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from even partially deregulating Monsanto’s Roundup Ready® alfalfa while the agency takes steps to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475 (U.S.,…
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U.S. Supreme Court Considers GE Alfalfa Dispute
Oral argument in litigation over whether the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) properly deregulated a genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa seed took place before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 27, 2010. Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475 (U.S.). The Ninth Circuit imposed a ban on use of the GE seed until the USDA…
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U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Consider GM Alfalfa Seed Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision enjoining the sale and planting of genetically modified (GM) alfalfa seed until the government completes an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the crop’s proposed delisting. Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475 (U.S., certiorari granted January…
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U.S. Supreme Court Review Sought in GM Alfalfa Case
Monsanto Co. and farmers who grow genetically modified (GM) alfalfa have reportedly filed a petition seeking U.S. Supreme Court review of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision barring them from selling or using Roundup Ready® alfalfa seed until the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) completes an environmental impact statement (EIS). Monsanto v. Geertson Seed…
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Certiorari Denied in Tuna Warnings Class Action
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear a putative class action lawsuit involving claims that Tri-Union Seafoods LLC fails to warn consumers about mercury concentrations in its canned tuna fish products. Tri-Union Seafoods, L.L.C. v. Fellner, No. 08-889 (U.S., cert. denied April 20, 2009). The plaintiff filed her claims in 2006, alleging that she…