{"id":1704,"date":"2019-11-19T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/iowa-ag-gag-i-aldf-et-al-v-reynolds-et-al\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:38:40","slug":"iowa-ag-gag-i-aldf-et-al-v-reynolds-et-al","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/iowa-ag-gag-i-aldf-et-al-v-reynolds-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Ag-Gag I (ALDF v. Reynolds)"},"content":{"rendered":"

FarmSTAND, formerly the Food Project at Public Justice, serves as co-counsel in a challenge to Iowa\u2019s first Ag-Gag law, which criminalizes undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses. This statute made it a crime to gain access to, or employment at, such a facility under false pretenses. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa struck down the law as violating the First Amendment. The court held that the law penalizes and thereby chills First Amendment-protected activities based on the content of speech, and because it is not tailored to serve the State\u2019s asserted interests. The State of Iowa appealed to the Eighth Circuit, which held the law\u2019s prohibition on making misrepresentations to obtain a job \u2014 as long as those misrepresentations don\u2019t include one\u2019s qualifications for the job \u2014 was unconstitutional. The law\u2019s prohibition on making misrepresentations to obtain access to an agricultural facility was remanded to District Court to determine if the law is viewpoint discriminatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

District Case No.: 17-cv-362-JEG-HCA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Court of Appeals for Eighth Circuit Case No.: 19-1364<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about FarmSTAND’s work on ag-gag laws in other states, see our page on Ag-Gag Litigation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Complaint (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorandum Order (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reply Brief in Support of Motion For Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Declarations in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statement of Undisputed Facts In Support of Motion For Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reply to Motion for Entry of Final Judgment and Permanent Injunction (Iowa Ag-Gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brief in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary and Resistance to Defendant Cross Motion (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment and Opp to Def. Cross Motion (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendant’s Statement of Undisputed Material Fact in Support of Def. Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Sur-Reply to Motion to Dismiss (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Denying Motion to Dismiss (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de apelaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Appellees’ Answering Brief (Iowa Ag-Gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th Cir. opinion (Iowa Ag-gag I)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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