Legal Opinion
Cactus Corner, LLC v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2006No. 04-16003PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:
The Mediterranean fruit fly, widely known as the medfly, may be tiny — slightly smaller than a common housefly — but it carries enormous weight. It is widely regarded as one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. The medfly damages citrus and other fruits by planting eggs that hatch inside the fruit, and it reproduces rapidly: a female medfly can lay as many as 800 eggs during a lifetime of less than a month. The species originated in sub-Saharan Africa and is not established in the United States, except in Hawaii, which has been infested for nearly a century. The…
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- Cactus Corner, LLC v. U.S. Dept. of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006