Case Updates
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to grant rehearing en banc and hold that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act expressly and impliedly preempts state failure-to-warn claims seeking to add new requirements to a pesticide’s approved label
March 04, 2024
Eric Grant of Hicks Thomas LLP served as outside counsel.
En banc Eleventh Circuit holds that the express preemption provision in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act should be interpreted according to ordinary principles of statutory interpretation, not subjected to additional requirements imposed in implied preemption contexts
July 10, 2023
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U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief
March 15, 2023
The coalition amicus brief urges the en banc Eleventh Circuit to hold that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts state failure-to-warn claims that would conflict with the Environmental Protection Agency’s determinations about a product.
William R. Stein and Alex Bedrosyan of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Eleventh Circuit grants rehearing en banc to consider whether state failure-to-warn claims are preempted by the registration requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
December 19, 2022
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U.S. Chamber resubmits coalition amicus brief in support of renewed motion for rehearing en banc, following panel’s revisions to its opinion
November 14, 2022
Click here to view the motion, filed by the U.S. Chamber, PLAC, and PhRMA.
William R. Stein of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Eleventh Circuit vacates and withdraws its opinion, substituting a new opinion concluding that state failure-to-warn claims are not preempted by the registration requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
October 28, 2022
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U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief urging Eleventh Circuit to rehear case en banc because the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act creates a comprehensive regulatory scheme that preempts conflicting state law
August 09, 2022
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Thomas H. Lee, Theodore V.H. Mayer, and William R. Stein of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Eleventh Circuit holds that state failure-to-warn claims are not preempted by the registration requirements of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
July 12, 2022
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U.S. Chamber files coalition amicus brief arguing that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act creates a comprehensive regulatory scheme that preempts conflicting state law
June 11, 2021
Click here to view the coalition amicus brief filed jointly by the U.S. Chamber and The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
William R. Stein, Thomas H. Lee, and Theodore V.H. Mayer of Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP and the U.S. Chamber's Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Order on Motion for Judgment on Pleadings -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (S.D. Ga.).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- Opinion -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief (Rehearing Petition) -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- Rehearing Opinion -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Motion To Consider Existing Amicus Brief -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (S.D. Ga.).pdf
- Order -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (S.D. Ga.).pdf
- U.S. Chamber Coalition Amicus Brief (En Banc Rehearing) -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit).pdf
- Opinion (En Banc Rehearing) -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit)
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief (En Banc Rehearing II) -- Carson v. Monsanto Co. (Eleventh Circuit)