Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Defense Fund Boston, Inc. v. Provimi Veal Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 14, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-3113-MAPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MAZZONE, District Judge.
Disputes about food grow naturally out of our conviction that we are what we eat. This case, which questions the treatment of calves, illustrates this abiding and deeply-felt concern. The Animal Legal Defense Fund — Boston, Inc. (“ALDF”), is a nonprofit charitable Massachusetts corporation whose members “promote animal welfare in purchasing their food.” Convinced that calves raised for veal are mistreated, and that antibiotic drugs added to their feed endanger human health, the ALDF filed this action in Massachusetts state court. Defendant Provimi…
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