$1 Billion, Please

Apothio, an agricultural research institution authorized to research hemp, sued Kern County, California in federal court for $1 billion, claiming it illegally destroyed 500 acres of its plants, in “one the largest wholesale destructions of personal property by government entities in the history of the United States.”

FRESNO, Calif. — Apothio, an agricultural research institution authorized to research hemp, claims in a federal complaint that Kern County, California, illegally destroyed 500 acres of its plants, in “one the largest wholesale destructions of personal property by government entities in the history of the United States.”

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