Legal Opinion

Animal Legal Defense Fund, et al. v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al.

District Court, N.D. California

Decided April 13, 2026No. 3:24-cv-03093Unknown

1Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, et al., Case No. 24-cv-03093-JD 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT 9 v. AND NEXT STEPS 10 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 In this Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case, plaintiffs Animal Legal Defense Fund 14 (ALDF) and Food and Water Watch (FWW) seek to require defendants Farm Service Agency 15 (FSA) and its parent agency, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to proactively 16 post environmental review records to an online reading…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Ruhrgas Ag v. Marathon Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the PressSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. United States Department of State v. Washington Post Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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