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RANCHERS CATTLEMEN ACTION v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGR.

No. 06-35512.

499 F.3d 1108 (2007)

RANCHERS CATTLEMEN ACTION LEGAL FUND UNITED STOCKGROWERS OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell S. Frye, FryeLaw PLLC, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Joshua Waldman and Mark B. Stern, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for appellees.

Maureen E. Mahoney, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus Government of Canada.

Edward J. Farrell, Blank Rome LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus Canadian Cattlemen's Association.

Simeon M. Kriesberg, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus Alberta Beef Producers.

Philip C. Olsson, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C., Washington DC, and John W. Ross, Brown Law Firm, P.C., Billings, MT, for amici National Meat Association et al.

Before: CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, Senior Judge.

HALL, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case involves a challenge to the government's regulation of Canadian cattle imports in the wake of the "mad cow disease" scare of the late 1990s. Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stockgrowers of America ("R-CALFUSA" or "R-CALF") argues that the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA") issued an arbitrary and capricious rule relaxing a ban on Canadian beef and cattle imports. See Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy...

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