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ATAY v. COUNTY OF MAUI

Nos. 15-16466, 15-16552.

842 F.3d 688 (2016)

Alika ATAY; Lorrin Pang; Mark Sheehan; Bonnie Marsh; Lei'ohu Ryder; Shaka Movement, (Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the `Aina) Movement, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF MAUI; Monsanto Company; Robert Ito Farm, Inc.; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County; Molokai Chamber of Commerce; Agrigenetics, Inc.; Concerned Citizens of Molokai and Maui; Friendly Isle Auto Parts & Supplies, Inc.; New Horizon Enterprises, Inc., DBA Makoa Trucking and Services; Hikiola Cooperative; Dow Agrosciences LLC; John Does 1-10; Jane Does 1-10; Doe Partnerships 1-10; Doe Corporations 1-10; Doe Government Entities 1-10, Defendants-Appellees. Robert Ito Farm, Inc.; Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, Maui County, "Maui Farm Bureau"; Molokai Chamber of Commerce; Agrigenetics, Inc., DBA Mycogen Seeds; Monsanto Company; Concerned Citizens of Molokai and Maui; Friendly Isle Auto Parts & Supplies, Inc.; New Horizon Enterprises, Inc., DBA Makoa Trucking and Services; Hikiola Cooperative, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. County of Maui, Defendant-Appellee, Alika Atay; Lorrin Pang; Mark Sheehan; Bonnie Marsh; Lei'ohu Ryder; Shaka Movement, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 18, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Bernard Bays (argued), Leinaala L. Ley , Michael C. Carroll , and Karin L. Holma , Bays Lung Rose & Holma, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Appellants.

Richard P. Bress (argued), Matthew J. Glover , Jonathan Y. Ellis , Andrew D. Prins , and Philip J. Perry , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Margery S. Bronster (argued) and Rex Y. Fujichaku , Bronster Fujichaku Robbins , Honolulu, Hawaii; Christopher Landau , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; Nickolas A. Kacprowski and Paul D. Alston , Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Appellees.

Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu and George A. Kimbrell , Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, California; Summer Kupau-Odo and Paul H. Achitoff , Earthjustice, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Amici Curiae Center for Food Safety, Moms on a Mission (MOM) Hui, Moloka`I Mahi`ai, and Gerry Ross.

Stanley H. Abramson , Karen Ellis Carr , and Kathleen R. Heilman , Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Biotechnology Innovation Organization.

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Consuelo M. Callahan and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

The citizens of Maui County voted into law an ordinance banning the cultivation and testing of genetically engineered (GE) plants. We must decide whether the ban is preempted by federal and state law, as the district court held below. We hold that the ordinance is expressly preempted by the Plant Protection...

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