I applaud these California restaurants for fighting the tyrannical government of California.
Earlier this month the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, a federal court in California, heard arguments in the case of
Association Des Eleveurs De Canards Et D’Oies Du Quebec v. Harris. That case pits foie gras producers and sellers against the state of California, which has barred the plaintiffs and others from selling foie gras in the state under a law that went into effect there last summer.
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Some of this is based on the fact that California restaurants have continued to
serve foie gras to customers without
selling it—offering a free portion to loyal regulars, for example. While giving foie gras away is an act clearly in compliance with the law, that hasn’t stopped some animal-rights groups from targeting these restaurants with what critics paint as nuisance lawsuits.
In December 2012, I wrote a column about what appears to be the first of these lawsuits. I described my opinions about the merits of the suit, launched by animal rights group PETA against Hot’s Kitchen, a Los Angeles-area restaurant that sold a burger that comes with free side of foie gras.
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