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Court rejects challenge to funding of state beef checkoffs

04/01/20 6:12 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS beef checkoff Chief Judge Brian Morris Colin Woodall First Amendment National Cattlemen's Beef Association r-calf state beef checkoff councils
A federal court has rejected a First Amendment challenge to the operation of 15 state beef checkoff boards, ruling that promotions funded with checkoff money are government speech, not private speech.
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