Case Law Indexes, National Agricultural Law Center

Case Law Index
Agritourism

January 1, 2002 - August 1, 2007

This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the Agritourism that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.

FOURTH CIRCUIT

U.S. Dept. of Labor v. North Carolina Growers Ass'n. 377 F.3d 345 (4th Cir. 2004) (Christmas tree farms and labor)

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Davis Mountains Trans-Pecos Heritage Ass'n. v. Federal Aviation Admin., 116 Fed.Appx. 3 (5th Cir. 2004) (eco-tourism, hunting leases, and takings)

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Chao v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, 375 F.3d 393 (6th Cir. 2004) (dude ranches and regulations)

TENTH CIRCUIT

Carden v. Kelly, 175 F.Supp.2d 1318 (D.Wyo. 2001) (dude ranches and personal injury)

UNITED STATES TAX COURT

Baldwin v. C.I.R. 2002 WL 1377741 (U.S.Tax Ct. 2002) (taxation for summer camp)

CALIFORNIA

Vail Lake Rancho California, LLC v. Sundance Intern., LP, 2006 WL 1633858 (4 Dist. 2006) (recreational use easement)

Bronco Wine Co. v. Jolly, 95 P.3d 422 (2004) (liability for cider producers)

COLORADO

Clyncke v. Waneka, 157 P.3d 1072 (Colo. 2007) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)

CONNECTICUT

Gresczyk v. Landis, 2006 WL 1644545 (Conn.Super. 2006) (golf courses and Agritourism)

Zanette v. Planning & Zoning Board of Appeals, 2006 WL 3316770 (Conn.Super. 2006) (farm stands and zoning)

Abrams v. Jones, 2005 WL 1331232 (Conn.Super. 2005) (liability for apple cider)

Messina v. Fifty Acres, LLC, 2004 WL 945058 (Conn.Super. 2004) (farm stands and zoning)

GEORGIA

Georgia Power Co. v. Jones, 626 S.E.2d 554 (Ga.App. 2006) (Bed & Breakfast and condemnation)

HAWAII

Geiger v. Hawai'i County Planning Com'n, 125 P.3d 1060 (Table) (Hawai'i, 2005) (zoning for agritourism)

In re Waiola O Molokai, Inc., 83 P.3d 664 (Hawai'i 2004) (water rights for a "working ranch")

King v. CJM Country Stables, 315 F.Supp.2d 1061 (D.Hawai'i 2004) (Recreational Use statute)

ILLINOIS

Smith v. Lane, 832 N.E.2d 947 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 2005) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)

Kush v. Wentworth, 790 N.E.2d 912 (Ill.App. 2 Dist. 2003) (The Animal Control Act and personal injury)

Schneider v. County of Will, State of Illinois, 190 F.Supp.2d 1082 (N.D.Ill. 2002) (Bed & Breakfast and zoning)

INDIANA

Westfield Companies v. Knapp, 804 N.E.2d 1270 (Ind.App. 2004) (farm stands and insurance)

KENTUCKY

Baker v. McIntosh, 132 S.W.3d 230, (2004) (animal liability)

LOUISIANA

Luther v. Turner, 901 So.2d 1217 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2005) (hunting lease)

LeBlanc v. Hayes, 827 So.2d 611 (La.App. 3 Cir. 2002) (Recreational Use statutes)

Cooper v. Cooper, 786 So.2d 240 (La.App. 2 Cir. 2001) (Recreational Use statutes)

MASSACHUSETTS

Town of Uxbridge ex rel. Girouard v. Vecchione, 21 Mass.L.Rptr. 307, (Mass.Super. 2006) (farm stands and zoning)

DiGiovanni v. Gulberg, 2005 WL 1593608 (Mass.Land Ct. 2005) (farm stands and zoning)

Volandre v. Opdyke, 2005 WL 2095727 (Mass.Land Ct. 2005) (riding school and zoning)

Bateman v. Board of Appeals of Georgetown, 775 N.E.2d 1276 (Mass.App.Ct. 2002) (riding academy and zoning)

MICHIGAN

Village of Rothbury v. Double JJ Resort Ranch, Inc., 2004 WL 1837835 (Mich. App. 2004) (zoning)

MONTANA

McDermott v. Carie, LLC, 124 P.3d 168 (Mont. 2005) (dude ranch and personal injury)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Carter v. Concord General Mut. Ins. Co., 924 A.2d 411 (N.H. 2007) (hayrides and personal injury)

NEW JERSEY

Lackland and Lackland v. Readington Tp., 2005 WL 3074714 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. 2005) (agriculture zoning)

OHIO

Kayatin v. Petro, 2007 WL 209988 (Ohio App. 9th Dist. 2007) (nature trails)

Lawson v. Dutch Heritage Farms, Inc., 2007 WL 2330774 (N.D.Ohio 2007) (horse-drawn buggy rides and personal injury)

Burya v. Lake Metroparks Bd. of Park Comm'rs, 2006 WL 2798294 (11th Dist. 2006) (hayrides and personal injury)

McGuire v. Jewett, 2005-Ohio-4214, 2005 WL 1940368 (11th Dist. 2005) (horse-drawn buggy rides and personal injury)

OREGON

Utsey v. Coos County, 32 P.3d 933 (Or.App. 2001) (Recreational Use statutes and zoning)

PENNSYLVANIA

Schaal v. Unemployment Compensation Bd. of Review, 870 A.2d 952 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2005) (agricultural labor and unemployment)

Middletown Tp. v. Lands of Stone, 882 A.2d 1066 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2005) (Open Spaces Land Act and eminent domain)

Header v. Schuylkill County Zoning Hearing Bd., 841 A.2d 641 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2004) (agricultural zoning and water)

Huff v. Exeter Tp., 2004 WL 3199568 (Pa.Com.Pl. 2004) (recreational zoning)

Wing Pointe Corp. v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd., 2002 WL 31899890 (Pa.Com.Pl. 2002) (liquor licenses and resorts)

TENNESSEE

Mathews v. State, 2005 WL 3479318 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2005) (limited liability and recreational use statutes)

Friedli v. Kerr, 2001 WL 177184 (Tenn.Ct.App. 2001) (limiting liability by statute for equine related injuries)

TEXAS

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority v. Pitonyak, 84 S.W.3d 326 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi. 2002) (Recreational Use statutes and navigable waters)

WISCONSIN

Meyer v. Town of Milton, 268 Wis.2d 844 (Wis. Ct. App. 2003) (Agritourism and zoning)

WYOMING

Lozier v. Blattland Investments, LLC, 100 P.3d 380 (Wyo. 2004) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)

Rehnberg v. Hirshberg, 64 P.3d 115 (Wyo. 2003) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)

Markstein v. Countryside I, L.L.C, 77 P.3d 389 (Wyo. 2003) (sale of land while retaining fishing rights)

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