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Challenging Iowa’s Ag-Gag Law
The Animal Legal Defense Fund led a coalition of animal, environmental, and community advocacy groups in challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s Ag-Gag law. Federal courts similarly struck down Ag-Gag laws in Idaho and Utah as unconstitutional.…
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Challenging Idaho’s Ag-Gag Law
In 2012, an undercover investigator for Mercy for Animals filmed dairy workers in Idaho violently abusing cows. Idaho’s legislature responded by passing an Ag-Gag law that makes it a crime to conduct undercover agricultural investigations. Such…
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Public Interest Coalition Challenges Constitutionality of Iowa’s Ag-Gag Law
Advocates for Animals, Workers, Free Speech and Food Safety Take on Agricultural Giants, Following Victories in Utah and Idaho.October 10, 2017 Press Release -
West Virginia State Police Sued For Facilitating a Baseless, Malicious Prosecution
After protecting the family’s tethered dog from being shot by police, plaintiff alleges police and prosecutorial misconduct in violation of the constitution.January 25, 2017 Press Release -
Hearing in Public Interest Coalition’s Constitutional Challenge to Idaho’s Controversial “Ag-Gag” Law
Advocates ask court for judgment in suit against law that silences industry whistle-blowers.April 27, 2015 Press Release
