United States v. Tuente Livestock

DECISION AND ENTRY OVERRULING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS (DOC. #5); DECISION AND ENTRY DECLARING MOOT DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO STRIKE CERTAIN DECLARATIONS PERTAINING TO PLAINTIFF’S MOTION ' FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (DOCS. ##'12 AND 18)

RICE, District Judge.

The Defendants in this case, Tuente Livestock, Ronald W. Tuente, and Roger B. Tuente, buy hogs from farmers (producers) and sell them to slaughterhouses, which, in turn, slaughter and process the animals for ultimate consumption. The Defendants are accused by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) of delivering to the…