all - Opinion Summaries

State of Alaska v. Fed. Subsistence Bd.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Benefits, Government Law, Sports Law
In a challenge to a Federal Subsistence Board (FSB) Customary and Traditional use determination (C & T determination) allowing the Chistochina...

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Water Law
In a case challenging pesticide tolerance levels set by the EPA, petition for review is granted in part and reversed in part and the case remanded to...

A&J Produce Corp. v. Bronx Overall Econ. Dev. Corp.

Agriculture, Government Law
In a claim concerning the distribution of proceeds received from the sale of certain assets in a statutory trust created pursuant to the Perishable...

Five Points Road Joint Venture v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Government Benefits
In an agency action regarding the award of federal farm program benefits to plaintiffs, summary judgment determining that the Equal Access to Justice...

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., v. Siegel

Agriculture, Contracts, Debt Collection
In an action to collect a debt defendant-farmer owed to a third party through its grain-marketing program, which debt was subsequently acquired by...

Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, LLC v. Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Health Law
In a suit challenging the USDA's refusal to allow plaintiff-beef producer to purchase and use kits to test for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in its...

Star Scientific, Inc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Agriculture, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a dispute over two patents for tobacco curing processes, judgment of unenforceability of both patents due to inequitable conduct and summary...

Swift & Co. v. Elias Farms, Inc.

Agriculture, Commercial Law, Contracts
In a contract action involving contracts with defendants-hog producers for the supply of hogs, summary judgment against plaintiff on its contract...

County of Humboldt v. McKee

Agriculture, Contracts, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action by county to assess property taxes on defendants for parcels transferred to third party purchasers, decision in favor of defendants is...

Clark v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
A refusal to grant a declaratory judgment and set aside a USDA determination that plaintiff converted wetlands in violation of the Swampbuster...