No. 25-1047

Triumph Foods, LLC, et al. v. Andrea J. Campbell, Attorney General of Massachusetts, et al.

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-04
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-law dormant-commerce-clause express-preemption federal-meat-inspection-act federal-preemption implied-preemption
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the Act imposes additional or different —even if non -conflicting —requirements on pork producers, and is thus preempted by the FMIA under principles of express or implied preemption ?

2. Whether the Act violates the dormant Commerce Clause or the other constitutional doctrines sufficiently pleaded in the Complaint ?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Massachusetts's law imposing additional or different requirements on pork producers and processors is preempted by the Federal Meat Inspection Act under express or implied preemption doctrine, and whether the law violates the dormant Commerce Clause and other constitutional doctrines

Docket Entries

2026-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 3, 2026)
2025-12-31
Application (25A739) granted by Justice Jackson extending the time to file until March 2, 2026.
2025-12-19
Application (25A739) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 1, 2026 to March 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Jackson.

Attorneys

Triumph Foods, LLC, et al.
Michael Thomas RauppHusch Blackwell LLP, Petitioner