• Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack

    Publication Date: 2013-05-17
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    Date Filed: 2013-05-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Samuel Conti, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Sidney R. Thomas, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George A. Kimbrell (argued), Center for Food Safety, San Francisco, California; Paul H. Achitoff, Earthjustice, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
    for defendant: Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Michael Jay Singer and Dana Kaersvang (argued), Appellate Staff, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C.; Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General, Andrew C. Mergen and Robert J. Lundman, United States Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; James A. Booth, Carlynne S. Cockrum, Susan C. Golabek, and Andrew R. Varcoe, Of Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, for Defendants-Appellees. Richard P. Bress (argued), Philip J. Perry, Drew C. Ensign, and Andrew D. Prins, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee Monsanto Company. B. Andrew Brown, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Martha C. Luemers, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Palo Alto, California, for Intervenors-Appellees Forage Genetics International, LLC, California Alfalfa and Forage Association, Eureka Seeds, Inc., Midwest Forage Association, and Gardena Alfalfa Seed Growers Association.

    Case Number: No. 12-15052

    Cite as 13 C.D.O.S. 4931CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY; SIERRA CLUB; TRASK FAMILY ARMS; GEERTSON EED ARMS; BEYOND PESTICIDES; NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION; T