American Meat Institute v. United States Department of Agriculture

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KELLAM, District Judge.

‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things:

Of shoes-and ships-and sealing wax-Of cabbages-and kings-

And why the sea is boiling hot-And whether pigs have wings.’

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass, Chapter IV

This matter comes before the Court on the cross motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiffs and defendant Department of Agriculture. 1 The plaintiffs in this case challenge the lawfulness of a final regulation of the USDA, alleging that its adoption was contrary to USDA’s authority and was arbitrary, capricious and an…