Friends of Responsible Agriculture v. Bennett

Callaway Farrowing, LLC appeals from a judgment entered by the Circuit Court of Cole County, which issued a peremptory writ in mandamus on the relation of Respondent Friends of Responsible Agriculture. The circuit court's judgment ordered the Clean Water Commission to withdraw its decision granting Callaway Farrowing an operating permit for a concentrated animal feeding operation.

We conclude that the circuit court erred in issuing a writ of mandamus, because the Friends organization had an available statutory remedy by petitioning for judicial review of the Commission's permit decision. We…