TENNESSEE v. UNITED STATES DEP'T OF AGRICULTURE

Case No. 3:22-cv-257.

665 F.Supp.3d 880 (2023)

The State of TENNESSEE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, Northern Division, at Knoxville.

Filed March 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andree S. Blumstein , Sherrard & Roe, PLC, Nashville, TN, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , James Matthew Rice , Brandon James Smith , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Travis J. Royer , K & L Gates, LLP (Pittsburgh) Office of the Solicitor General, Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff State of Tennessee.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. , State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Plaintiff State of Alabama.

Charles E. Brasington , Alaska Department of Law, Anchorage, AK, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Justin Nelson , Office of the Attorney General— State of Alaska, Juneau, AK, for Plaintiff State of Alaska.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Nicholas J. Bronni , Office of the Arkansas Attorney General, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff State of Arkansas.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Drew F. Waldbeser , Office of the Georgia Attorney General, Atlanta, GA, Stephen John Petrany , Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff State of Georgia.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Melinda Holmes , Thomas Molnar Fisher , Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff State of Indiana.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Kurtis K. Wiard , Office of the Kansas Attorney General, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff State of Kansas.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Marc Manley , Office of the Kentucky Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Elizabeth B. Murrill , Joseph Scott St. John , Office of the Attorney General, Louisiana Dept. of Justice, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff State of Louisiana.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Justin L. Matheny , Office of the Attorney General, Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff State of Mississippi.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Dean John Sauer , James Otis Law Group, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff State of Missouri.

Christian Brian Corrigan , Montana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, Helena, MT, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, David M.S. Dewhirst , Idaho Attorney General's Office Montana Department of Justice, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff State of Montana.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Eric J. Hamilton , Pro Hac Vice, James A. Campbell , Office of the Nebraska Attorney General Office of the Nebraska Attorney General, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff State of Nebraska.

Benjamin Michael Flowers , Ohio Attorney General's Office, Columbus, OH, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Sylvia May Mailman , Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff State of Ohio.

Bryan Cleveland , Oklahoma State Department of Education, Litigation Division, Oklahoma City, OK, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff State of Oklahoma.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, James Emory Smith, Jr. , Office of the Attorney General, Columbia, SC, for Plaintiff State of South Carolina.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Paul Swedlund , Office of the Attorney General South Dakota, Pierre, SD, for Plaintiff State of South Dakota.

Aaron Rietz , Office of the Attorney General, General Litigation Division, Austin, TX, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff State of Texas.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Melissa Holyoak , Office of the Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff State of Utah.

Andrew N. Ferguson , Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Lucas W.E. Croslow , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Virginia.

Clark Lassiter Hildabrand , State of Tennessee, Office of Attorney General, Nashville, TN, Lindsay S. See , WV Attorney General's Office, Charleston, WV, for Plaintiff State of West Virginia.

Cody Taylor Knapp , DOJ-Civ, Washington, DC, Jonathan D. Kossak , District of Columbia, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Do the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. § 2011, et seq. ("FNA"), and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. § 1681, et seq. ("Title IX"), permit states to categorically...

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