Four meat and poultry associations today filed an Amici curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court urging the court to uphold a lower court decision that permitted collective bargaining agreements (CBA) to address compensation for clothes-changing time.
As part of a lawsuit seeking to block implementation of COOL, nine organizations asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to grant a preliminary injunction.
A federal lawsuit seeking an emergency injunction to overturn the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent permit approval for a horse meat plant in Roswell has been transferred from U.S. District Court in California.
In their complaint, the organizations explained that the final rule violates the United States Constitution by compelling speech in the form of costly and detailed labels on meat products.
The groups involved in the lawsuit contend that the Agriculture Department did not perform reviews required by the National Environmental Protection Act prior to authorizing the plants to slaughter horses.
The lawsuit, filed by the Marler Clark law firm on behalf of the family of Robert Danell, blames the companies for the sale of “unreasonably dangerous” food that led to Danell’s death in 2010.
