Appeals court upholds Massachusetts Question 3

In a 47-page opinion, an appeals court judge said the law is not unconstitutional.

October 10, 2025

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A United States Appeals Court has upheld Massachusetts’ Question 3 animal welfare law.

In a 47-page opinion issued October 3 in Triumph Foods v. Campbell, U.S. District Judge William Young of the First Circuit Court of Appeals said the law is not unconstitutional.

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