Litigation
Oct. 7, 2014
Judge rejects other states' challenge to California chicken coop law
Out-of-state egg farmers will have to comply with a California law requiring laying chickens to have roomier quarters if they sell their eggs in the state, a federal judge has ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO - Out-of-state egg farmers will have to comply with a California law requiring laying chickens to have roomier quarters if they sell their eggs in the state, a federal judge has ruled.
Six states, led by Missouri's attorney general, filed a lawsuit earlier this year, saying a state law requiring all egg producers to give chickens room to stand up, turn around and flap their wings if...
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