Amalgamated Sugar v. Co. Johanns

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AMALGAMATED SUGAR CO. LLC, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 07-35971 v. D.C. No.

THOMAS VILSACK;* DEPT. OF

AGRICULTURE,  CV-06-00167-EJL

Defendants-Appellees, ORDER AND

AMENDED

AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR OPINION

COMPANY,

Intervenor-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho Edward J. Lodge, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted September 15, 2008—Moscow, Idaho

Filed February 11, 2009 Amended April 6, 2009

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Stephen S. Trott and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge N. R. Smith

*Thomas Vilsack is substituted for his predecessor, Mike Johanns, as United States Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).

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COUNSEL

Kevin J. Brosch, DTB Associates, LLP, Washington, District of Columbia, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Kahn, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia; Joanne P. Rodriguez, Assistant United States…