NY Dairy Farmers Allege 4th Amendment Search Warrant Violations by Ag & Markets

The Complete Patient ^ | Feb. 20, 2008 | David E. Gumpert

[davidgumpert]

The search warrant used by NY's Department of Agriculture and Markets to go after raw-milk producers Barb and Steve Smith in December had more holes than Swiss cheese. Gary Cox of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund has put together a motion that might best be termed “Search Warrants 101.” He argues that the December search warrant the Smiths supposedly defied in December “is facially defective…and must be quashed.”

[davidgumpert]

It seems that search warrant the Smiths are accused of defying was problematic in several ways--most significantly by being open-ended in key respects, and thus in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment.

[Calpernia]

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[Abathar]

Hope they win this. I won’t drink raw milk myself, but it is ridiculous that you would essentially have to start your own religion to be able to legally drink it now if you choose to.