Legal Opinion
Ass'n des Éleveurs de Canards et D'Oies du Québec v. Harris
District Court, C.D. California
Decided January 7, 2015No. Case No. 2:12-cv-5735-SVW-RZPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS [116] AND GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO PREEMPTION CLAIM [117] AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT AS TO PREEMPTION CLAIM
STEPHEN V. WILSON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This action for declaratory and injunc-tive relief touches upon a topic impacting gourmands’ stomaches and animal-rights activists’ hearts: foie gras. Plaintiffs Association des Éleveurs de Canards et D’Oies du Québec (the “Canadian Farmers”), HVFG LLC (“Hudson Valley”), and Hot’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Hot’s”)1 argue that California’s sales ban on liver from…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- City of Los Angeles v. LyonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by4 opinions
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