Rose Acre Farms, Inc. v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20058
No(s). 07-5169 (Fed. Cir. Mar 12, 2009)

The Federal Circuit reversed a lower court decision that U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations restricting a farm's egg sales during a two-year period due to the presence of salmonella bacteria constituted a taking for which just compensation is due. The farm's monetary loss due to the regulati...