NAT. ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS v. BONTA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura J. Zuckerman (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Dennis A. Ragen , Andrew J. Wiener , Harrison M. Pollak , David Zonana , and Megan K. Hey , Deputy Attorneys General; Edward H. Ochoa , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Rob M. Bonta , California Attorney General; California Attorney General's Office, Oakland, California; for Defendants-Appellant.

Richard P. Bress (argued), Philip J. Perry , Andrew D. Prins , Tyce R. Walters , and Nicholas L. Schlossman , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; Catherine L. Hanaway , Matthew T. Schelp , Matthew P. Diehr , and Natalie R. Holden , Husch Blackwell LLP, St. Louis, Missouri; Christopher C. Miles , Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, Missouri; Ann M. Grottveit , Kahn Soares & Conway LLP, Sacramento, California; Trenton H. Norris , Hogan Lovells LLP, San Francisco, California; Stewart D. Fried and Gary H. Baise , Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC, Washington, D.C.; Richard D. Gupton , Agricultural Retailers Association, Arlington, Virgina; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Paul J. Napoli and Hunter J. Shkolnik , NS PR Law Services LLC, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico; Thomas C. Goldstein , Eric F. Citron , Charles Davis , Daniel Woofter , and Molly Runkle , Goldstein & Russell PC, Bethesda, Maryland; for Amicus Curiae National Black Farmers Association.

Vivian H.W. Wang , Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York; Avinash Kar , Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council, United Steelworkers, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, As You Sow, Californians for Pesticide Reform, Center for Food Safety, Clean Water Action, Environmental Law Foundation, Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), and San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Seth E. Mermin , Public Good Law Center, Berkeley, California; Eliza Duggan , Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice; Claudia Polsky , Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California; for Amicus Curiae UC Berkeley Center for Consumer Law & Economic Justice.

Cory L. Andrews and John M. Masslon II , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Mary-Christine Sungaila , Complex Appellate Litigation Group LLP, Newport Beach, California; Joshua R. Ostrer and Lauren Jacobs , Buchalter APC, Irvine, California; Kari Fisher , Senior Counsel, California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento, California; for Amici Curiae California Farm Bureau Federation, California Cotton Ginner & Growers Association, Western Agricultural Processors Association, California Fresh Fruit Association, and California Citrus Mutual.

Tara S. Morrissey and Stephanie A. Maloney , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Erika C. Frank and Heather Wallace , California Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, California; Pratik A. Shah , James E. Tysse , and Lide E. Paterno , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and The California Chamber of Commerce.

Jonathan L. Williams , Jonathan L. Williams PA, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amici Curiae Risk-Mitigation Scholars.

Gary Roberts , Denton US LLP, Los Angeles, California; Sarah R. Choi , Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae California League of Food Producers, California Manufacturers & Technology Association, California Restaurant Association, California Retailers Association, Civil Justice Association Of California, American Beverage Association, American Chemistry Council, American Frozen Food Institute, American Spice Trade Association, Consumer Brands Association, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Council for Responsible Nutrition, Frozen Potato Products Institute, Juice Products Association, Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association, and Snac International.

Dissent by Judge Schroeder.