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CAVEL INTERN., INC. v. MADIGAN

No. 07-2658.

500 F.3d 544 (2007)

CAVEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lisa MADIGAN, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 18, 2007.

Opinion August 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Philip Calabrese, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John E. Farrell, Dekalb County State's Attorney's Office, Sycamore, IL, Mary E. Welsh, Office of the Attorney General Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Robert C. Pottinger, Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, Rockford, IL, for Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Cavel International, the principal appellant (we can ignore the others), produces horsemeat for human consumption. The plant at which it slaughters the horses is in Illinois. Americans do not eat horsemeat, but it is considered a delicacy in Europe and Cavel exports its entire output. Its suit challenges the constitutionality of a recent amendment to the Illinois Horse Meat Act, 225 ILCS 635/1.5, that makes it unlawful for any person in the...

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