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NATIONAL MEAT ASS'N v. HARRIS

No. 10-224.

132 S.Ct. 965 (2012)

181 L.Ed.2d 950

NATIONAL MEAT ASSOCIATION, Petitioner v. Kamala D. HARRIS, Attorney General of California, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Wells , for Petitioner.

Benjamin J. Horwich , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

Susan K. Smith , Los Angeles, CA, for Respondents.

Philip C. Olsson , Dennis R. Johnson , Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz, PC, Washington, DC, Steven J. Wells , Counsel of Record, Heather M. McCann , Timothy J. Droske , Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Petitioner.

Peter A. Brandt , Jonathan R. Lovvorn , Washington, DC, for Respondents The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Inc.

Bruce A. Wagman , Schiff Hardin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Inc., Humane Farming Association, Animal Legal Defense Fund.

J. Scott Ballenger , Counsel of Record, Kerry J. Dingle , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, Inc., Humane Farming Association, Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Leslie Brueckner , Senior Attorney, Oakland, CA, for Respondent Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California, Manuel M. Medeiros , State Solicitor General, David S. Chaney , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Woods , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Susan K. Smith , Deputy Attorney General, Counsel of Record, Los Angeles, CA for Respondents State of California, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.

Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA or Act), 21 U.S.C. § 601 et seq., regulates the inspection, handling, and slaughter of livestock for human consumption. We consider here whether the FMIA expressly preempts a California law dictating what slaughterhouses must do with pigs that cannot walk, known in the trade as nonambulatory pigs. We hold that the FMIA forecloses...

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