Successful Injunction Wins Against California Anti-Alligator Trade Law

Recently, an anti-alligator-products trade law was halted indefinitely by an injunction resulting from a lawsuit by a coalition of individuals involved in various businesses in the alligator products industry. The law, labeled California Penal Code 653o, stemmed from a 1970s sunset-type law and had far-reaching implications for the entire leather industry.

visited with Christy Plott, one of the interested parties in this legal action that was taken against the anti-trade law. is an understatement. Christy is part of multi-generational, family leather business, American Tanning & Leather LLC. “Am Tan” is a five-generation business that is located in Griffin, Georgia. They are the oldest, and largest, alligator tannery in the country and one of the only major alligator tanneries in the world.