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Monsanto Company v. Hardeman

Petition for certiorari denied on June 21, 2022

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
21-241 9th Cir. 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 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit"s standard for admitting expert testimony " which departs from other circuits" standards " is inconsistent with the Supreme Court"s precedent and Federal Rule of Evidence 702. CVSG: 5/10/2022

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/16/2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2021)
08/24/2021Waiver of right of respondent Edwin Hardeman to respond filed.
08/25/2021Letter to Clerk of Atlantic Legal Foundation not accepted for filing. (August 25, 2021 - See Rule 15.5)
08/25/2021Letter to the Clerk of CropLife America not accepted for filing. (August 25, 2021 - See Rule 15.5)
08/31/2021Brief amicus curiae of CropLife America filed. (Distributed)
09/01/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
09/01/2021Brief amici curiae of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
09/01/2021Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
09/03/2021Response Requested. (Due October 4, 2021)
09/10/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 4, 2021 to November 3, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
09/13/2021Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 3, 2021.
09/30/2021Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed.
10/01/2021Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed.
10/04/2021Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
10/04/2021Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
11/03/2021Brief of respondent Edwin Hardeman in opposition filed.
11/22/2021Reply of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed)
11/23/2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
12/13/2021The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.
05/10/2022Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
05/23/2022Supplemental brief of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed)
05/24/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/9/2022.
05/25/2022Supplemental brief of respondent Edwin Hardeman filed. (Distributed)
06/13/2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
06/21/2022Petition DENIED.