WOUDENBERG v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE

No. 14-3987.

794 F.3d 595 (2015)

James G. WOUDENBERG, dba R & R Research, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Health Inspector Service, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nancy L. Kahn , Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner. Charles E. Spicknall , United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for Respondent. ON BRIEF: Nancy L. Kahn , Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC, Farmington Hills, Michigan, for Petitioner. Charles E. Spicknall , United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.

Before: ROGERS and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges; SARGUS, District Judge.


OPINION

According to Department of Agriculture regulations promulgated under the federal Animal Welfare Act (with certain exceptions not applicable here), persons who are in the business of buying and selling dogs and cats may not obtain dogs or cats from an individual donor "who did not breed and raise them on his...

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