Case Law Index
Checkoff Programs
January 1, 2002 - July 1, 2008
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving the Checkoff Programs 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.
SUPREME COURT
Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n, 544 U.S. 550 (2005) (beef checkoff)
Johanns v. Cochran, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to No. 03-2522, 2005 WL 2755711 (3d Cir. Sept. 15, 2005) (dairy checkoff)
Lovell v. Cochran, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to No. 03-2522, 2005 WL 2755711 (3d Cir. Sept. 15, 2005) (dairy checkoff)
Landreneau v. Pelts & Skins, LLC, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to 448 F.3d 743 (5th Cir. 2006) (state alligator checkoff)
Mich. Pork Producers Ass'n v. Campaign for Family Farms, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (pork checkoff)
Johanns. v. Campaign for Family Farms, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (pork checkoff)
THIRD CIRCUIT
Cochran v. Sec'y of Agric., No. 03-2522, 2005 WL 2755711 (3d Cir. Sept. 15, 2005), remanded from 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (dairy checkoff)
Cochran v. Veneman, 359 F.3d 263 (3d Cir. 2004), vacated by 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to No. 03-2522, 2005 WL 2755711 (3d Cir. Sept. 15, 2005) (dairy checkoff)
Cochran v. Veneman, 252 F. Supp. 2d 126 (M.D. Pa. 2003), vacated, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to No. 03-2522, 2005 WL 2755711 (3d Cir. 2005) (dairy checkoff)
FIFTH CIRCUIT
Pelts & Skins, LLC v. Landreneau, 448 F.3d 743 (5th Cir. 2006), remanded from 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (state alligator checkoff)
Pelts & Skins, LLC v. Landreneau, 365 F.3d 423 (5th Cir. 2004), vacated, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to 448 F.3d 743 (5th Cir. 2006) (state alligator checkoff)
Pelts & Skins, LLC v. Jenkins, 259 F. Supp. 2d 482 (M.D. La. 2003), aff'd in part and vacated in part, 365 F.3d 423 (5th Cir. 2004), vacated, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005), remanded to 448 F.3d 743 (5th Cir. 2006) (state alligator checkoff)
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Mich. Pork Producers Ass'n v. Veneman, 348 F.3d 157 (6th Cir. 2003), vacated by 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (pork checkoff)
Mich. Pork Producers Ass'n v. Campaign for Family Farms, 229 F. Supp. 2d 772 (W.D. Mich. 2002)aff'd sub nom. Mich. Pork Producers Ass'n v. Veneman, 348 F.3d 157 (6th Cir. 2003), vacated, 544 U.S. 1058 (2005) (pork checkoff)
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
J.W. DeWit Farms, Inc., v. Minn. Cultivated Wild Rice Council, 393 F. Supp. 2d 847 (D. Minn. 2005) (state cultivated wild rice checkoff)
Livestock Mktg. Ass'n v. USDA, 335 F.3d 711 (8th Cir. 2003), vacated, 544 U.S. 550 (2005) (beef checkoff)
Livestock Mktg. Ass'n v. USDA, 207 F. Supp. 2d 992 (D.S.D. 2002), aff'd, 335 F.3d 711 (8th Cir. 2003), vacated, 544 U.S. 550 (2005) (beef checkoff)
NINTH CIRCUIT
Delano Farms Co. v. Cal. Table Grape Comm'n, 546 F.Supp.2d 859 (E.D. Cal. March 31, 2008) (summary judgment)
Am. Honey Producers Ass'n, Inc. v. U.S.D.A, No. CV-F-05-1619 LJO, 2007 WL 1345467 (E.D. Cal. May 8, 2007) (honey checkoff)
Dixon v. Johanns, No. CV-05-03740-PHX-NVW, 2006 WL 3390311 (D. Ariz. Nov. 21, 2006) (upholding watermelon check-off)
Charter v. USDA, 412 F.3d 1017 (9th Cir. 2005) (beef checkoff)
Charter v. USDA, 230 F. Supp. 2d 1121 (D. Mont. 2002) (beef checkoff)
Delano Farms Co. v. Cal. Table Grape Comm'n, 318 F.3d 895 (9th Cir. 2003) (grape checkoff)
D.C. CIRCUIT
Avocados Plus, Inc. v. Johanns, No. 02-1798, 2007 WL 172305 (D. D.C. Jan. 23, 2007) (summary judgment granted on an "as applied" challenge to avocado checkoff)
Avocados Plus, Inc. v. Johanns, 421 F.Supp.2d 45 (D. D.C. 2006) (summary judgment granted on facial challenges to the avocado checkoff)
Avocados Plus Inc. v. Veneman, 370 F.3d 1243 (D.C. Cir. 2004) (avocado checkoff)
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Cricket Hosiery, Inc. v. United States, 429 F. Supp. 2d 1338 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2006) (as-applied challenge)
CALIFORNIA
Gallo Cattle Co. v. Kawamura, 72 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 159 Cal.App.4th 948 (Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (upholding state milk checkoff)
Gerawan Farming, Inc. v. A.G. Kawamura, 90 P.3d 1179 (Cal. 2004) (California plum checkoff)
FLORIDA
Fla. Dep't of Citrus v. Graves Bros. Co., 912 So. 2d 1217 (Fla. 2005) (citrus checkoff)
Fla. Dep't of Citrus v. Graves Bros. Co., 889 So. 2d 831 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004) (citrus checkoff)
NORTH DAKOTA
Teigen v. State, 2008 ND 88 (N.D. 2008) (wheat checkoff did not violate state constitution)