{"id":1705,"date":"2019-11-20T21:59:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T21:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/iowa-ag-gag-ii-aldf-v-reynolds\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:21:58","slug":"iowa-ag-gag-ii-aldf-v-reynolds","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/iowa-ag-gag-ii-aldf-v-reynolds\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Ag-Gag II (ALDF v. Reynolds)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa\u2019s second effort to prevent journalists or activists from entering livestock facilities under false pretenses to report on animal abuse was passed and signed into law just two months after U.S. District Judge James Gritzner ruled that Iowa\u2019s law passed in 2012 violated the First Amendment. As with the previous Ag-Gag law, the new Ag-Gag law criminalizes undercover investigations at factory farms and slaughterhouses, the only difference being the law targets a slightly different form of speech that is integral to those investigations. The revised Ag-Gag law criminalizes using \u201cdeception\u201d to gain access to or employment at an agricultural production facility \u201cwith the intent to cause physical or economic harm or other injury <\/em>to the agricultural production facility,\u201d such as by exposing unethical conduct that leads to boycotts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serving as co-counsel in this case, we argued that this law penalizes and thereby chills First Amendment-protected activities based on the content of speech and is therefore unconstitutional. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa sided with our clients, and held that Iowa\u2019s second Ag-Gag law violates the First Amendment.<\/a> In January, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed the district court, reviving the law. <\/strong>The Eighth Circuit\u2019s ruling stated its outcome conflicts with holdings by the 7th and 10th Circuits on similar Ag-Gag laws.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

District Court No. 19 cv 00124 JEG HCA<\/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 II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Cross Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brief in Support of Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Resistance to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Combined Reply Brief on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Resistance to Defendants’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiff’s Brief In Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plaintiff’s Response to Defendants’ Statement of Undisputed Material Facts in Support of Defendant’s Combined Resistance to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (Iowa Ag-gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de apelaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Appellate Opinion (Iowa Ag-Gag II)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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