Case Law Index
Corporate Farming Laws

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 National Organic Program 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


Griffin v. Smithfield Foods, Inc., 183 F.Supp. 2d 824 (E.D. Va. 2002)



EIGHTH CIRCUIT


Jones v. Gale, 470 F.3d 1261 (8th Cir. 2006)

Jones v. Gale, 405 F.Supp. 2d 1066 (D.Neb. 2005) (constitutionality)

Smithfield Foods, Inc. v. Miller, 367 F.3d 1061 (8th Cir. 2004) (constitutionality)

Smithfield Foods, Inc. v. Miller, 241 F.Supp. 2d 978 (S.D. Iowa 2003) (constitutionality)

South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine, 340 F.3d 583 (8th Cir. 2003) (constitutionality)

South Dakota Farm Bureau, Inc. v. Hazeltine, 202 F.Supp. 2d 1020 (D.S.D. 2002)



MINNESOTA


Minnwest Bank, M.V. v. Molenaar, No. A05-1161, 2006 WL 1390323 (Minn. App. May 23, 2006)



MISSOURI


State ex rel. Nixon v. Premium Standard Farms, Inc., 100 S.W.3d 157 (Mo. App. 2003)



NORTH DAKOTA


Tibert v. Slominski, 692 N.W.2d 133 (N.D. 2005)





  

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