Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Defense Fund, Inc. v. Vilsack
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 15, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-0914PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) is in the midst of an administrative enforcement action against a family-owned zoo in Iowa for alleged violations of the Animal Welfare Act. The Animal Legal Defense Fund (“ALDF”), which has long criticized the zoo’s care and handling of its animals, sought to intervene in that proceeding but was prevented from doing so by the presiding administrative law judge. After the agency Judicial Officer upheld the ALJ’s decision on the grounds that the ALDF’s stated interests were…
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