Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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21-1272 | Cal. Ct. App. | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Issues: (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.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Jan 24 2022 | Application (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. |
Jan 26 2022 | Application (21A369) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 17, 2022. |
Mar 17 2022 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2022) |
Apr 13 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to The Clerk. |
Apr 14 2022 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 20, 2022. |
Apr 19 2022 | Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed. |
May 20 2022 | Brief of Alberta Pilliod, et al. in opposition submitted. |
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