United States Ninth Circuit

The district court erred when it issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of a United States Department of Agriculture rule that permits the resumption of the importation of Canadian cattle to the United States.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2005
• Decided 07/25/2005
• Published 07/25/2005

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge., Before TASHIMA, PAEZ, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Maureen E. Mahoney, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Government of Canada., Gregory G. Garre, Hogan & Hartson LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae National Cattlemen's Beef Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Producers Council, 29 State Cattlemen's Associations, 18 State Farm Bureaus, and 9 Individual Cattle Producers., Sarah Weinstein, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for amicus curiae Alberta Beef Producers., Michael B. Gillett, McElroy Law Firm, PLLC, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae Easterday Ranches, Inc., Joseph O. Click, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Canadian Cattlemen's Association and Its Affiliated Organizations., Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, for amici curiae American Meat Institute, North American Meat Processors, Southwestern Meat Association, Eastern Meat Packers Association, American Association of Meat Processors, National Restaurant Association, and United Food and Commercial Workers., John O'Brien, Kerr Brosseau Bartlett O'Brien, LLC, Denver, CO, for amicus curiae Pioneer, Inc., Gregg Spyridon, Spyridon, Koch, Palermo, & Dornan, LLC, Metairie, LA, for amici curiae the Camelid Alliance, et al. Alan Charles Raul, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Tyson Foods, Inc., David A. Domina, Domina Law pc llo, Omaha, NE, for amici curiae 67 National, State, and Local Consumer and Research Groups, Public Interest Organizations, Farm and Ranch Organizations, and Local and Private Organizations., Christian D. Tweeten, Chief Civil Counsel, Montana Attorney General, Helena, MT, for amici curiae States of Montana, Connecticut, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark B. Stern, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellants., Russell S. Frye, Frye Law PLLC, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.