IOWA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, LINN VALLEY PIGS, LLP, TWIN PRAIRIE PORK, LLC, NEW GENERATION PORK, INC. vs. ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as Attorney General of California, KAREN ROSS, at. al.

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A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to California’s Proposition 12 brought by the Iowa Pork Producers Association, finding that the court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants. The court reasoned that the "quality, quantity, and relationship” of the defendants’ contacts to the plaintiffs’ claims did not support a finding that the California defendants had the contacts necessary to support personal jurisdiction in Iowa. This was the third such dismissed lawsuit brought by producers challenging California’s anti-confinement ballot measure that is due to take effect on January 1, 2022.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Judge Dismisses Iowa Pork Producers’ Challenge to California Prop 12" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 101.]