Legal Opinion
American Meat Institute v. Leeman
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 22, 2009No. D053325PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
IRION, J.
American Meat Institute and National Meat Association (the Trade Associations) filed suit against Whitney R. Leeman seeking a declaration that the consumer warnings required by the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, Health and Safety Code section 25249 et seq., commonly known as Proposition 65, are preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq. (the FMIA)).
In this appeal, Leeman challenges two rulings. First, she challenges the trial court’s decision overruling her demurrer, in which she contended (a) that the complaint…
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