Legal Opinion
Griffin Industries, Inc. v. Irvin
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 2007No. 06-12370PublishedCited by 445 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This unusual civil rights case presents the question, on interlocutory appeal, whether the defendants, who are state environmental regulators and local political actors, may be held liable for violations of the Equal Protection Clause for taking regulatory action against an industrial facility. Griffin Industries, which owns a chicken rendering plant in East Dublin, Georgia, brought a section 1983 suit against various state and local defendants on the theory that the defendants violated its constitutional right to equal protection by “disparately treat[ing] and…
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