{"id":127558,"date":"2017-08-22T10:57:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T15:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=127558"},"modified":"2017-08-23T09:21:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T14:21:58","slug":"judge-blocks-nd-law-protects-farm-implement-dealers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=127558","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks farm implement dealer protection law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4340\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/justice-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A federal judge has blocked a new North Dakota law meant to protect farm equipment dealers.<\/p>\n<p>Four major manufacturers of farm implements have filed a lawsuit challenging the law that permits North Dakota implement dealers to sell generic rather than name-brand replacement parts. They say the law is unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>The order directs state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem to refrain from enforcing the measure until the issue can be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and manufacturers Agco, CNH, Deere &amp; Company and Kubota. The companies contend the new law interferes with federal right-to-contract and copyright protection claims.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Stenehjem&#8217;s office says the attorney general does not comment on ongoing lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FARGO, N.D. (AP) \u2014 A federal judge has blocked a new North Dakota law meant to protect farm equipment dealers. Four major manufacturers of farm implements have filed a lawsuit challenging the law that permits North Dakota implement dealers to sell generic rather than name-brand replacement parts. They say the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127558"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127615,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127558\/revisions\/127615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}