Carson v. Monsanto Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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Merits Stage

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 9, 2022

Click here to view the coalition amicus brief. 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