Legal Opinion
The Last Best Beef, LLC v. Dudas
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2007No. 06-2219PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge STAMP joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
We are asked in this case to decide the relationship between the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq. (2000), and Section 206 of the subsequently enacted Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2006 (“ § 206”), which prohibits the use of federal funds to “register, issue, transfer, or enforce any trademark of the phrase ‘The Last Best Place.’ ” The district court deemed § 206 “invalid,” and thus…
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