National Meat Association, et al. v. Brown, et al., No. CV-F-08-1963 LJO DLB, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12523 (E.D. Cal. Feb. 19, 2009)

(preliminary injunction barring state of California from enforcing state law which became effective January 1, 2009, that bars selling of pork for human consumption derived from butchered hogs that are too sick to stand on their own; Federal Meat Inspection Act preempts state law; federal law requires veterinarian to be on site at time of slaughter and prohibits slaughter of "downer" livestock).