Resolute Forest Products, Inc. v. United States Department of Agriculture

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge

After three Opinions, the Court has finally chopped this case all the way down to its stump. All that remains is the determination of a remedy. Yet just as the roots of the tree are often tricky to yank out, such is the predicament here. This dispute involves Defendant U.S. Department of Agriculture’s so-called Softwood Lumber Checkoff Order, which authorized its Softwood Lumber Board to collect assessments from lumber companies and then to spend those funds on marketing efforts on behalf of the softwood-lumber industry as a…