MICHIGAN PORK PRODUCERS ASS'N, INC. v. VENEMAN

Nos. 02-2337, 02-2338.

348 F.3d 157 (2003)

MICHIGAN PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Ann M. VENEMAN, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Campaign For Family Farms, an Unincorporated Association of Membership Organizations, Defendant-Appellee. Michigan Pork Producers Association, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ann M. Veneman, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Campaign for Family Farms, et al., Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 22, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew M. Collette, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Susan E. Stokes, FARMERS LEGAL ACTION GROUP, INC., St. Paul, Minnesota, for Defendants. Edward M. Mansfield, (argued and briefed), BELIN LAMSON McCORMICK ZUMBACH FLYNN, Des Moines, Iowa, for Plaintiffs.

ON BRIEF: Matthew M. Collette, Douglas N. Letter, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., Susan E. Stokes, David R. Moeller, FARMERS LEGAL ACTION GROUP, INC., St. Paul, Minnesota, for Defendants. Edward M. Mansfield, BELIN LAMSON McCORMICK ZUMBACH FLYNN, Des Moines, Iowa, Robert Charles Timmons, (briefed), BOYDEN, TIMMONS, DILLEY & HANEY, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Plaintiffs.

Before: COLE, GILMAN, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206

OPINION

R. GUY COLE, JR., Circuit Judge.

Michigan Pork Producers Association, Inc., et al. ("MPPA") and the Secretary of Agriculture (the "Secretary") (collectively "Appellants") appeal the grant of summary judgment to Appellees Campaign for Family Farms, et al. ("CFF"). The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan declared the Pork Promotion, Research...

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