A federal judge rejected Perdue Farms’ constitutional challenge to Labor Department whistleblower proceedings involving two North Carolina contract poultry growers, allowing the administrative cases to move forward. In an order issued March 9, U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan dismissed Perdue’s claims in closely related cases involving Fairmont-area growers Craig Watts...
A federal judge rejected Perdue Farms’ constitutional challenge to Labor Department whistleblower proceedings involving two North Carolina contract poultry growers, allowing the administrative cases to move forward.
In an order issued March 9, U.S. District Judge Louise Flanagan dismissed Perdue’s claims in closely related cases involving Fairmont-area growers Craig Watts and Rudy Howell. The ruling came more than a year after a judge denied Perdue’s requests for preliminary injunctions.
Watts and Howell had filed whistleblower complaints alleging Perdue retaliated against them after they raised public concerns about the company’s poultry growing practices. Watts’ complaint stemmed from actions taken after he publicized animal welfare concerns in 2014, while Howell’s case followed the termination of his grower contract in 2020 after he invited advocates to observe and film conditions on his farm.
Perdue had sought to block the Labor Department’s administrative proceedings, arguing they violated multiple constitutional provisions, including the Seventh Amendment and Articles I, II and III of the...
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