11-7-12: Perdue Poultry Trial Could Set Precedent...or Backfire

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A lawsuit by an environmental group, the Waterkeeper Alliance, against Maryland-based Perdue Farms Inc. could create a legal precedent in which corporations that own chickens are held legally responsible for disposing of the vast amounts of waste produced by their contract farmers. The lawsuit, being argued in federal court in Baltimore, could also backfire, if the judge rules that the advocates' attempt to change state environmental policy is based on a shaky and shifting factual foundation.