Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States Department of Agriculture
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 11, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-2252Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, INC., Plaintiff, v. Case No. 17-cv-2252 (CRC) SONNY PERDUE, Secretary of Agriculture, and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION This Court is asked to adjudicate for the second time whether the Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) properly denied a request by the Animal Legal Defense Fund (“ALDF”) to intervene in administrative proceedings against the Cricket Hollow Zoo. Last year, after ALDF challenged the first denial, the Court found that USDA’s Judicial Officer had…
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