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Horne v. Dep't of Agriculture

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by raisin growers against the Department of Agriculture, alleging that the Raisin Administrative Committee's imposition of a reserve...

Siskiyou Co. Farm Bureau v. Dept. Fish & Wildlife

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law, Administrative Law
In the Department of Fish and Wildlife's appeals of a judgment in favor of the Farm Bureau, interpreting a statute requiring notification when an...

Gerawan Farming v. Agricultural Labor Rel. Bd.

Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
Where a union requests the Board to order mandatory mediation and conciliation (MMC) under Labor Code section 1164 et seq., the employer may defend...

Tri-Fanucchi Farms v. Agricultural Labor Rel. Bd.

Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
In a farm labor dispute involving a union that did not bargain for 24 years and an agriculture employer's subsequent refusal to bargain based on...

Giorgio Foods, Inc. v. US

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, International Trade
In an First Amendment action brought by the largest domestic producer of mushrooms for compensation under the Byrd Amendment, related to an...

Delano Farms Company v. California Table Grape Commission

Agriculture, Administrative Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In this patent litigation, plaintiffs filed suit against defendants U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Table Grape Commission seeking...

NRDC v. US FDA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law
In an action seeking to force the defendant Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prohibit the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed, summary...

Alt v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action brought by plaintiff against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeking declaratory relief in connection with EPA...

Light v. State Water Resources Control Board

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
The trial court erred in granting a writ of mandate invalidating defendant-board's adoption of a regulation that is likely to require a reduction in...

Sierra Club v. County of Fresno

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Judgment in favor of defendants in an action challenging the approval by defendant-county of a master-planned community project is: 1) affirmed in...