BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AS AMICUS CURIAE
ELIZABETH B. PRELOGAR Solicitor General Counsel of Record
TODD KIM Assistant Attorney General
MALCOLM L. STEWART Deputy Solicitor General
YAIRA DUBIN Assistant to the Solicitor General
MATTHEW R. OAKES Attorney
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 514-2217
Bayer Corp. Appeal Court Records: Proof of Service US Solicitor General Brief Main Document
Filed May 10, 2022
| In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 21-241 MONSANTO COMPANY, PETITIONER v. EDWIN HARDEMAN ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES AS AMICUS CURIAE QUESTIONS PRESENTED1. Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, andRodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq., preempts respondent’s state-law claims alleging that petitioner tortiously failed to warn of the carcinogenic risks associated with its pesticide product.2. Whether the district court abused its discretion in admitting expert medical testimony that relied in parton clinical experience.No. 21-241 | |
| Title: Monsanto Company, Petitioner v. Edwin Hardeman | |
| Docketed: August 18, 2021 | |
| Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Case Numbers: (19-16636, 19-16708) | |
| Decision Date: May 14, 2021 |
| DATE | PROCEEDINGS AND ORDERS |
| Aug 16 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 17, 2021) |
| Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service | |
| Aug 24 2021 | Waiver of right of respondent Edwin Hardeman to respond filed. |
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| Aug 25 2021 | Letter to Clerk of Atlantic Legal Foundation not accepted for filing. (August 25, 2021 – See Rule 15.5) |
| Aug 25 2021 | Letter to the Clerk of CropLife America not accepted for filing. (August 25, 2021 – See Rule 15.5) |
| Aug 31 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of CropLife America filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 01 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021. |
| Sep 01 2021 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Sep 03 2021 | Response Requested. (Due October 4, 2021) |
| Sep 10 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 4, 2021 to November 3, 2021, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| Sep 13 2021 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 3, 2021. |
| Sep 30 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Lawyers for Civil Justice filed. |
| Main Document Certificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Oct 01 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. filed. |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Oct 04 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Oct 04 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Nov 03 2021 | Brief of respondent Edwin Hardeman in opposition filed. |
| Main Document Certificate of Word CountProof of Service | |
| Nov 22 2021 | Reply of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed) |
| Main Document Proof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count | |
| Nov 23 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021. |
| Dec 13 2021 | The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States. |
| May 10 2022 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. |
| Proof of Service Main Document |
| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioner | ||
| Seth P. Waxman Counsel of Record | Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20006 Seth.Waxman@wilmerhale.com | 202-663-6800 |
| Party name: Monsanto Company | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| David Jackson Wool Counsel of Record | Andrus Wagstaff, P.C. 940 N. Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 dwool@wagstafflawfirm.com | (303) 376-6360 |
| Party name: Edwin Hardeman | ||
| Other | ||
| Elizabeth B. Prelogar Counsel of Record | Solicitor General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov | 202-514-2217 |
| Party name: United States | ||
| Shannen Wayne Coffin Counsel of Record | Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue NW Washington, DC 20036 scoffin@steptoe.com | 2024296255 |
| Party name: CropLife America | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record | Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org | 202-729-6337 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| Alan Jay Lazarus Counsel of Record | Faegre Drinker, Biddle & Reath, LLP Four Embarcadero Center 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111-4180 alan.lazarus@dbr.com | (415) 591-7500 |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc. | ||
| Mary Massaron Counsel of Record | Plunkett & Cooney, P.C. 38505 Woodward Ave Suite 100 Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304 mmassaron@plunkettcooney.com | 313-983-4801 |
| Party name: Lawyers for Civil Justice | ||
| Jonathan S. Tam Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 1 Bush St #1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 jonathan.tam@dechert.com | (646) 731-6172 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| Mark Remy Yohalem Counsel of Record | Munger, Tolles and Olson LLP 350 South Grand Avenue 50th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 mark.yohalem@mto.com | 213-683-9188 |
| Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc |
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