Source: Daniel Fisher, FORBES, 9/20/18


The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is scheduled next week to hear arguments over a broad gag order issued by a judge overseeing a series of nuisance lawsuits against North Carolina hog farms that threatened to muzzle farmers and industry organizations opposed to the litigation. The appeals court in Richmond, VA, will hear oral arguments Sept. 25 even though U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt vacated his own gag order on Aug. 31.

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