Monsanto Asks for U.S. Supreme Court Review of Preemption Issue in Roundup Case

WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Monsanto has filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the highest court to weigh in on whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim in an underlying Roundup case.

Monsanto filed the petition on April 4 in the U.S. Supreme Court. In it, the Roundup defendant specifically asks the highest court to address “whether FIFRA preempts a state-law failure-to-warn claim where EPA has repeatedly concluded that the warning is not required and the warning cannot be added to a product without EPA approval.”

The underlying case was filed by John L. Durnell. …