Litigation
Jul. 23, 2014
States challenge constitutionality of California's chicken-coop law
A group of states led by Missouri is squawking over a California law that frees egg-laying hens from cramped cages.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A group of states led by Missouri is squawking over a California law that frees egg-laying hens from cramped cages. The law could force egg producers to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to comply and the states are hoping the courts will invalidate it.
Starting in January, all eggs sold in California must come from hens kept in roomier enclosures than the typical battery cages, which are so small...
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