ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, SHY 38, INC. and HOPE SANCTUARY v. LAURA KELLY and DEREK SCHMIDT

The United States District Court for the District of Kansas ruled that the state’s ag-gag law violated the First Amendment by banning undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses. The law was the oldest of its kind in the country, dating to 1990. This is the fifth ag-gag law to be struck down in the country.

[To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Kansas Ag-Gag Law Found Unconstitutional" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 15.]