Humane Society of the United States, et al. v. Vilsack, No. 12-1582, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137022 (D. D.C. Sept. 25, 2013)

(plaintiff challenged defendant's (USDA) approval of National Pork Board's purchase of marketing slogan, "Pork, The Other White Meat" on grounds that National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) sold marketing slogan to National Pork Board and unlawfully used the sale proceeds of $60 million to lobby against animal welfare efforts; specifically, plaintiff claimed that sale violated 5 U.S.C. Sec. 706 and that sale contract resulted in pork checkoff dollars being used to influence government policy and influencing legislation; individual plaintiff hog farmer alleged existence of standing on basis that purchase reduced plaintiff's return on checkoff dollars; court determined that plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge how National Pork Board spent funds collected from hog producers; individual hog farmer's claim merely hypothetical and no plaintiff had any injury that could be redressed by lawsuit because lobbying is what such organizations such as NPPC and Board do).