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Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund v. United States Department of Agriculture
Geography
Year
2007
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2007
Status
Complaint filed.
Geography
Docket number
07-cv-01023
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the District of South Dakota (D.S.D.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to USDA’s Rural Utility Service’s regulations relaxing restrictions on import of live cattle.
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Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics
Beta
10/24/2007
Complaint filed.
Plaintiffs challenged USDA’s Rural Utility Service’s regulations relaxing restrictions on import of live cattle. The complaint primarily focused on increased risks posed by bovine spongiform encephalopathy, but also asserted a claim under the National Environmental Policy Act, in which the plaintiffs alleged that the environmental assessment should have analyzed increased emissions of greenhouse gases from transport and importation of cattle.
Complaint
Summary
Challenge to USDA’s Rural Utility Service’s regulations relaxing restrictions on import of live cattle.
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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance