FRIENDS OF THE EARTH v. SANDERSON FARMS, INC.

No. 19-16696.

992 F.3d 939 (2021)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, a Washington, D.C. non-profit corporation, on behalf of the general public; Center for Food Safety, a California non-profit corporation, on behalf of the general public, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Organic Consumers Association, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, on behalf of the general public, Plaintiff, v. SANDERSON FARMS, INC., a Mississippi corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige Tomaselli (argued), Greenfire Law PC, Berkeley, California; Gretchen Elsner , Elsner Law & Policy LLC, Santa Fe, New Mexico; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael A. Glick (argued), Gregg F. LoCascio , Paul J. Weeks , and Erin E. Cady , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges, and Robert H. Whaley, District Judge.


OPINION

Resolution of this appeal rests on whether two public interest groups, Friends of the Earth and Center for Food Safety (collectively, "the Advocacy Groups"), established organizational standing in their suit against Sanderson Farms, Inc., a major poultry producer, for false advertising related to the use...

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