No. 21-1272
Monsanto Company v. Alberta Pilliod, et al.
Amici (1)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: compensatory-damages due-process epa-regulation failure-to-warn federal-insecticide-fungicide-and-rodenticide-act fifra-preemption preemption product-labeling punitive-damages
Latest Conference:
2022-06-23
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim where the warning cannot be added to a product without EPA approval and EPA has repeatedly concluded that the warning is not appropriate.
2. Whether a punitive-damages award that is a fourfold multiple of a substantial compensatory-damages award violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause where the defendant acted in accordance with the scientific and regulatory consensus regarding the safety of its product.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim
Docket Entries
2022-06-27
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-22
Supplemental brief of petitioner Monsanto Company filed.
2022-06-21
Supplemental brief of respondents Alberta Pilliod, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2022-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-06-06
Reply of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed)
2022-05-20
Brief of respondents Alberta Pilliod, et al. in opposition filed.
2022-04-19
Brief amici curiae of Washington Legal Foundation, et al. filed.
2022-04-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 20, 2022.
2022-04-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 20, 2022 to May 20, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 20, 2022)
2022-01-26
Application (21A369) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 17, 2022.
2022-01-24
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.
Attorneys
Alberta Pilliod, et al.
Monsanto Company
Seth P. Waxman — Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Petitioner
Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation