Campaign for Family Farms, et al.
Amici Curiae
Susan E. Stokes, Counsel of RecordCampaign for Family Farms, a farmers’ rights group, is joined in this brief by 49 family farm and ranch organizations. Susan E. Stokes is Legal Director for the Farmers’ Legal Action Group, Inc. She received her law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1989. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 15, 2004.Mandatory agricultural promotion programs compel farmers and ranchers to fund messages to which they object. The check-offs associate all farmers and ranchers who pay the check-off with those…
