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Koster loses appeal in California egg case

The 9th Circuit court of appeals in California has thrown out the lawsuit filed by Missouri and other states against California’s law requiring all eggs sold there to come from hens kept in enlarged cages.

The office of Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says they are reviewing the ruling and declined to be interviewed by Brownfield. Koster was supported in the lawsuit by attorneys general in Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama and Kentucky, and, by Iowa’s governor. The case was thrown out by a lower court but the plaintiffs appealed.

They argued that no state has the constitutional right to dictate production practices in other states.

The appeals court ruling upheld the lower court ruling saying Koster and the others had no standing in the case.

Koster was the first Democrat endorsed by the Missouri Farm Bureau for governor – in large part because of his stance on this issue – but lost the race last week.