Six states including Iowa and Nebraska filed a lawsuit to stop California’s law that prohibits the sale of eggs from chickens that aren’t raised within strict space requirements. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that dismissed the lawsuit. Ken Klippen, President of the National Association of Egg Farmers says the ruling is just a temporary set back and the case could be brought back to another appeals court setting.

Klippen says the new administration gives them another avenue they can use to promote their case.

He says if necessary they’ll pursue legislative relief.

In their ruling the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals said the states failed to show how the law would affect the states themselves rather than individual farmers.