In an action challenging the USDA’s enunciation of its position in the Federal Register that there was no specific federal humane handling and slaughter statute for poultry, plaintiffs’ appeal is remanded with instructions to dismiss the matter where plaintiffs could not satisfy the redressability requirement for Article III standing because the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act contained no statutory enforcement mechanism.
Read Levine v. Vilsack, No. 08-16441
Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted October 7, 2009
Filed November 20, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Wu
Counsel
For Appellants:
Sarah Uhlemann, Jonathan R. Lovvorn and Carter Dillard, The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC
For Appellee:
Gregory G. Katsas, Jonathan F. Cohn, Michael S. Raab and Henry C. Whitaker, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
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