Civil Rights Archives - Public Justice Food Project

May 30, 2019 In Cases

Indiana Right to Farm

Like many other states, Indiana has a “Right-to-Farm” statute, meant to codify the coming to the nuisance doctrine—so city-dwellers cannot move to rural lands and demand farms change their operations. Corporate agribusiness has, however, been pushing efforts to expand the scope of these laws to…

Resource Materials

Indiana Right to Farm (AmicusBrief)

May 29, 2019 In Cases

Idaho Ag-Gag

In recent years, more and more state legislatures have – at the urging of lobbyists representing factory farm operations and industrial food producers – taken up “Ag Gag” laws that shroud mega-farms in secrecy and make holding them accountable for pollution, unsafe working conditions and…

Resource Materials

Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Opposition to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (BriefMisc. Motions)
District Court Ruling Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Court Opinion)
Brief in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (BriefMotion for Summary Judgment)
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Amicus Brief (AmicusBrief)
Motion for Attoneys' Fees (Attorneys’ Fees and Costs)
Declaration of Leslie A. Brueckner in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorneys' Fees (Attorneys’ Fees and Costs)
Plaintiffs-Appellees' Answering Brief (Brief)