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Court Rejects Prop 12 Challenge from Meat Institute
USAgNet - 12/29/2020 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit rejected the North American Meat Institute s challenge on the constitutionality of California s Proposition 12 in October, and again unanimously rejected the Meat Institute s request for a rehearing by a full panel. The Meat Institute is disappointed in the decision and is considering filing a petition for certiorari, says Meat Institute spokeswoman Sarah Little.
According to National Hog Farmer, NAMI had petitioned the Ninth Circuit to try to get its case reheard en banc (by a full panel of the Court). Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in support of the Meat Institute s petition for