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Monsanto Company v. Pilliod

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-1272 Cal. Ct. App. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2021

Issue: (1) Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim when the warning cannot be added to a product without the Environmental Protection Agency"s approval and the EPA has repeatedly concluded that the warning is not appropriate; and (2) whether a punitive-damages award that is a fourfold multiple of a substantial compensatory-damages award violates the 14th Amendment"s due process clause when the defendant, Monsanto Company, acted in accordance with the scientific and regulatory consensus regarding the safety of its product.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
01/24/2022Application (21A369) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 15, 2022 to March 17, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.
01/26/2022Application (21A369) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 17, 2022.
03/17/2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2022)
04/13/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
04/14/2022Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 20, 2022.
04/19/2022Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
05/20/2022Brief of respondents Alberta Pilliod, et al. in opposition filed.
06/06/2022Reply of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed)
06/07/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
06/21/2022Supplemental brief of respondents Alberta Pilliod, et al. filed. (Distributed)
06/22/2022Supplemental brief of petitioner Monsanto Company filed.
06/27/2022Petition DENIED.