U.S. Supreme Court
Nov. 11, 2011
Supreme Court seems unlikely to uphold downer livestock law
A California law that criminalizes making food out of livestock that's too sick or tired to walk appeared unlikely to survive U.S. Supreme Court review during argument Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A California law that criminalizes making food out of livestock that's too sick or tired to walk appeared unlikely to survive U.S. Supreme Court review during argument Wednesday.
The justices seemed to agree that federal regulations, which expressly prohibit additional or different state rules for slaughterhouses, preempt California's rules for so-called "downer" or &q...
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