JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to preside
over legal challenges to laws in California and Massachusetts requiring larger
living areas for some farm animals.
A total of 15 states led by Missouri and Indiana had asked the court to accept
original jurisdiction over the lawsuits.
President Donald Trump’s administration had urged it not to do so. It said the
dispute over interstate commerce was best suited for a district court.
The lawsuit against California targeted a law barring the sale of eggs from
hens that are not raised in cages large enough for them to stretch out. The
other suit challenged a Massachusetts law requiring all eggs sold there to come
from cage-free hens by 2022. That law also bars tight cages for pigs and calves.
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