by Bra5c0 | Aug 31, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Federal Judge Earl Britt on Friday lifted his gag order in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits. The gag order was imposed in late June and had been challenged by a wide range of groups, including the defendant in the cases (Murphy Brown) as well as the North Carolina Pork...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 28, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Leaders from across North Carolina are continuing to show support for agriculture and the 2018 Farm Act amid ongoing lawsuits, as their schedules have permitted. The county commissioners in Onslow County and Polk County are the latest to show support for farmers at a...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 25, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Judge Earl Britt has entered an order in the cases, and other developments are underway, that would allow for three actions in the ongoing nuisance lawsuits: Appeals can begin on the first three trials, which is much earlier than previously planned. The parties agree...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases
Court papers filed in the ongoing hog farm nuisance litigation say that a new judge will preside over some trials going forward. Judge David A. Faber, of West Virginia, has been assigned to what are known as the “fourth” and “sixth” trial...
by Bra5c0 | Aug 7, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
The North Carolina Pork Council has joined with the National Pork Producers Council to urge reversal of a judge’s order that seeks to gag communications about nuisance lawsuits filed against more than two dozen North Carolina hog farms. The North Carolina Pork Council...
by Jen Kendrick | Aug 3, 2018 | Beyond Bacon, Court cases, NCPC News
Statement of North Carolina Pork Council The verdict is outrageous. The farms on trial were constructed in the mid-1990s. Since then, each of the six plaintiffs in this case either moved to the farms or built new homes in that farming community. None had made any...
