Legal Opinion
Humane Soc'y of the U.S. v. Perdue
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 1, 2018No. Civil Action No. 12–1582 (ABJ)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMY BERMAN JACKSON, United States District Judge
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") oversees multiple federal programs established by Congress to promote certain agricultural commodities. These programs are funded by "checkoffs"-mandatory assessments that producers and importers pay on the sale or import of the commodity. The assessments are used to pay for a range of activities, including research and marketing of the commodities, and they subsidize well-known advertising campaigns, such as "Got Milk?," "Beef: It's What's for Dinner," and "The Incredible, Edible Egg." This case…
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