Legal Opinion
Michigan Pork Producers v. Campaign for Family Farms
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided October 25, 2002No. 1:01-cr-00034PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
“[T]o compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical.” Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Act for Establishment of Religious Freedom (1786), codified at Va.Code Ann. § 57-1 (Miche 2002).
INTRODUCTION
This matter is before the Court on Defendants/Interveners/Cross-Plaintiffs Campaign for Family Farms (“CFF”) and its named members’ (together “Cross-Plaintiffs”) Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss. 1 It is also before the Court on the Motions for Summary Judgment filed by Plaintiffs…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Livestock Marketing Ass'n v. United States Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Michigan Pork Producers Ass'n v. VenemanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- Big Time Worldwide Concert & Sport Club at Town Center, LLC v. Marriott International, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2003
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. BontaDistrict Court, E.D. California · 2003
- Michigan Pork Producers Association, Inc. v. Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Campaign for Family Farms, an Unincorporated Association of Membership Organizations, Michigan Pork Producers Association, Inc. v. Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Campaign for Family Farms, Intervenors-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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