A community organization against the proposed chicken processing plant in Fremont, Nebraska has filed a lawsuit against the city regarding zoning for the site. The lawsuit was filed by the Nebraska Communities United group Monday afternoon. The lawsuit claims the city illegally designated land set to house the Costco chicken plant as blighted to qualify for tax-increment financing, or TIF funding. The complaint argues that state law on TIF projects does not allow the “blighted” designation for rural land, noting that more than 400 of the 1,000 acres on the property are cornfields. The opposition group was founded by three Fremont, Nebraska residents. The Omaha World-Herald reports the plaintiffs worked with the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project, an Oregon advocacy group that opposes what it calls “factory farming” nationwide.