Agri-Pulse : How one state’s poultry lawsuit became a warrant-free search of another state’s farms
August 27, 2026 |
By
DAVIS VAN INWEGEN, CATALINA CLOUTHIER
What is a state to do when it cannot regulate farmers outside its borders? The answer, apparently, is to sue someone else for 20 years, then force an unconstitutional settlement that binds farmers unrelated to the lawsuit. In 2005, Oklahoma did exactly that. It sued six large poultry companies for alleged pollution in the Illinois River Watershe ...