HAMPTON FEEDLOT, INC. v. NIXON

No. 00-2506.

249 F.3d 814 (2001)

HAMPTON FEEDLOT, INC.; GM Feedlot, Inc.; Bob Vandiver Cattle Co.; American Meat Institute; Missouri Cattleman's Assoc.; Missouri Livestock Marketing Assoc., Appellees, v. Jeremiah W. NIXON, Attorney General of the State of Missouri; John L. Saunders, Director of Agriculture of the State of Missouri, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Sears, Asst. Atty. General, argued, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Michael H. Wetmore, argued, St. Louis, MO (Joel B. Samson, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and BATTEY, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The appellees, Hampton Feedlot, Inc.; GM Feedlot, Inc.; Bob Vandiver Cattle Co.; Missouri Cattleman's Association; Missouri Livestock Marketing Association; and the American Meat Institute, filed a declaratory judgment action against Missouri's Attorney General and Director of Agriculture in their official capacities, claiming that provisions of Missouri's Livestock...

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