GRANT v. VILSACK

Civil Action Nos. 11-308 (JDB), 11-586(JDB).

892 F.Supp.2d 252 (2012)

Duane GRANT, et al., Plaintiffs, Monsanto Company, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. Thomas J. VILSACK, et al., Federal Defendants, Center for Food Safety, et al., Non-Governmental Defendants. Center for Food Safety, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Thomas J. Vilsack, et al., Federal Defendants, Monsanto Company, Intervenor Defendant, Duane Grant, et al., Intervenor Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 25, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher H. Marraro , McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, John Foster Bruce , Baker Hostetler , John Alan Bryson , Nancy Southard Bryson , Holland & Hart LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Paige M. Tomaselli , Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA, Paul H. Achitoff , EarthJustice Legal Defense Fund, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiffs and Defendants.

Gilbert S. Keteltas , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs and Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Claudia M. O'Brien , Drew C. Ensign , Janice M. Schneider , Philip Jonathan Perry , Stacey L. Vanbelleghem , Latham & Watkins LLP, Scott N. Auby , Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, Washington, DC, William C. Weeks , Harry Zirlin , Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Intervenor Plaintiffs.

Beverly F. Li , Emily McLaurin Meeker , Eric R. Womack , U.S. Department of Justice, Khushi K. Desai , EarthJustice, Washington, DC, George A. Kimbrell , Kateryna L. Rakowsky , Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER

JOHN D. BATES, District Judge.

Two groups of plaintiffs in these consolidated cases have brought actions challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's ("APHIS") interim decision partially deregulating a genetically engineered variety of sugar beet. APHIS has since issued a final decision fully deregulating the sugar beets, and the challenged interim decision has expired...

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