Latest Federal Court Salvo In The GMO Front

by Robert Tomas, Inverse Condemnation June 10, 2014

For those of you who follow the issue, here's the latest in the "genetically modified organisms" issue, yet another one where Hawaii is apparently the epicenter. As we posted earlier, the County of Kauai adopted an ordinance regulating GMO's which was immediately challenged in Federal District Court in Honolulu, while the County of Hawaii (Big Island) also adopted an ordinance that was challenged in state court by a farmer.

The Big Island ordinance is now being challenged in Federal Court on a number of grounds (preemption, Commerce Clause, and takings). Read the complaint for yourself, below.

PDF: Farmers File Federal Complaint against Hawaii County to Protect the Future of Farming