ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND v. REYNOLDS

No. 22-1830.

89 F.4th 1065 (2024)

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND; Bailing Out Benji; Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc.; Center for Food Safety, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kimberly REYNOLDS, Governor of Iowa; Brenna Bird, Attorney General of Iowa; Drew B. Swanson, Montgomery County, Iowa County Attorney, Defendants-Appellants. Iowa Pork Producers Association, Amicus on Behalf of Appellant(s), First Amendment Scholars; United Farm Workers of America; 21 Media Organizations; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 8, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants was Daniel Joe Johnston , AAG, of Des Moines, IA. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellant brief; Jeffrey S. Thompson , AAG, formerly Of Des Moines, IA., Jacob John Larson , AAG, of Des Moines, IA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees and appeared on the brief was Alan K. Chen , of Denver, CO. The following attorney(s) appeared on the appellee brief; Justin Marceau of Denver, CO., Rita N Bettis Austen , of Des Moines, IA., Cristina Rachel Stella , formerly of Cotati, CA., David Samuel Muraskin , of Washington, DC., Matthew Strugar , of Los Angeles, CA.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Iowa Pork Producers Association in support of appellants; Eldon L. McAfee, of West Des Moines, IA.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of Iowa Freedom of Information Council in support of appellees; Elizabeth A. Flansburg, of West Des Moines, IA.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amici brief of 21 Media Organizations and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in support of appellees; Bruce David Brown, of Washington, DC., KatieLynn B. Townsend, of Washington, DC

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of United Farm Workers of America in support of appellees; Vanessa Tamara Shakib, of Redondo Beach, CA., Mario G. Martinez, of Bakersfield, CA.

The following attorney(s) appeared on the amicus brief of First Amendment Scholars in support of appellees; Tobin Raju, of New Haven, CT., Lisa S. Hoppenjans, of Saint Louis, MO.

Before COLLOTON, GRASZ, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


In Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds, 8 F.4th 781 (8th Cir. 2021) ("ALDF I"), this court considered an Iowa law that prohibited (1) accessing an agricultural production facility by false pretenses and (2) making a false statement or misrepresentation as part of an application for employment at such a facility...

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