The Department of Agriculture has since banned that practice, but blood from cattle and ground-up parts of other dead animals continues to go into cattle feed. In what became known as the veggie libel suit, the National Cattlemen's Association sued Lyman, Winfrey and the producers of the show. The cattlemen lost in a Texas court, and last month a federal appeals court threw out the case, ruling that Lyman's statements were based on fact and therefore non-actionable in a court of law. A group of Texas ranchers have individually filed suit, and Lyman is waiting to see whether a court will allow those suits to proceed. It's about the golden rule.
People think if they have enough gold, they can make the rules.