Certiorari Granted

No. 24-1068

Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell

from the Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern District

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Docket Entries

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.

Reply of Monsanto Company submitted.

Motion of Roundup and Paraquat MDL Court-appointed Leadership for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument DENIED.

Brief amicus curiae of Stand for Health Freedom filed. (Corrected - April 7, 2026) (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Professor Naomi Oreskes, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Farmworker Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of New Mexico, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Local Government Legal Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Amicus brief of Stand for Health Freedom not accepted for filing. (To be corrected - April 07, 2026)

Brief amicus curiae of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Philip Landrigan, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former EPA Officials, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Association for Justice, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Children’s Health Defense filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Center for Food Safety, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Farmer and Farmworker Groups filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Heartland Health Research Alliance filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of United States Senator Cory Booker filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 36 State Legislators filed. (Distributed)

Motion of Roundup and Paraquat MDL Court-appointed Leadership for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amici curiae of Roundup and Paraquat MDL Court-appointed Leadership filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED

Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief of respondent John L. Durnell filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Missouri State Senator Jason Bean, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Agricultural Associations filed.

Brief amici curiae of Agricultural Retailers Association, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Tort Reform Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Farm Bureau Organizations of California, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Nebraska, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Croplife America filed.

Record received from the Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern District. The record is electronic and is available on the Court's web docket.

Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Brief of petitioner Monsanto Company filed.

Record requested from the Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern District.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, April 27, 2026.

Petition GRANTED limited to the following Question: Whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.

Supplemental brief of respondent John L. Durnell filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

Reply of petitioner Monsanto Company filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.

Waiver of the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition pursuant to Rule 15.5 filed by petitioner.

Brief of respondent John L. Durnell in opposition filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Farm Bureau Federation, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Croplife America filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 9, 2025.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 9, 2025 to June 9, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 9, 2025)

Parties

Monsanto Company, Petitioner, represented by Paul D. Clement

John L. Durnell, Respondent, represented by Ashley Conrad Keller

John L. Durnell, Respondent, represented by Jonathan F. Mitchell

Amici Curiae

36 State Legislators, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey Alan Lamken

Agricultural Retailers Association and National Agricultural Aviation Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Lucas Rockenbach

American Association for Justice and Public Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew W.H. Wessler

American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, American Sugarbeet Growers Association, Cherry Marketing Institute, Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association, International Fresh Produce Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council of America, National Sorghum Producers, North American Blueberry Council, and Western Growers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott Burnett Smith

American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Ryan Conde

American Tort Reform Association, Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment, Center for Truth in Science, International Society for Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Civil Justice Association of California, Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, New Jersey Civil Justice Institute, Florida Justice Reform Institute, and Illinois Coalition for Legal Reform, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cary Silverman

Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence S. Ebner

Center for Food Safety, Consumer Federation of America, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners, Rural Coalition, Alliance of Nurses For Healthy Environments, Center for Biological Diversity, Beyond Pesticides, and Food & Water Watch, Amicus Curiae, represented by George Andreas Kimbrell

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Chemistry Council, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Product Liability Advisory Council, and Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William McGinley Jay

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, American Tort Reform Association, Product Liability Advisory Council, and Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William McGinley Jay

Children’s Health Defense, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary Holland

Croplife America, Amicus Curiae, represented by Shannen Wayne Coffin

Farm Bureau Organizations of California, Florida, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, the Indiana Agricultural Law Foundation, and the North Carolina Chamber Legal Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael B. Kimberly

Farmer and Farmworker Groups, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nathan Daniel Leys

Farmworker Justice, Farmworker Association of Florida, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Migrant Clinicians Network, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patti A. Goldman

Former EPA Officials and Environmental Protection Network, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dana Lydia Kaersvang

Heartland Health Research Alliance, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jesse Allen Buss

Missouri State Senator Jason Bean, 33 Elected Officials, The Missouri Soybean Association, and Seven State Agriculture Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edward Dean Greim

Naomi Oreskes and Alexander A. Kaurov, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott P. Lewis

National Agricultural Associations, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Yolun Chung

Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and 12 Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cody Steven Barnett

New Mexico and Seventeen Other States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexander William Tucker

Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, Lianne Sheppard, PhD, Christopher Portier, PhD, Dennis Weisenburger, MD, and Bruce P. Lanphear, MD, MPH, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alani Golanski

Public Citizen, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adina H. Rosenbaum

Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by William Peter Barnette

Roundup and Paraquat MDL Leadership, Amicus Curiae, represented by David C. Frederick

Stand for Health Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Bopp Jr.

States of Texas, Florida and Ohio, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Robert Peterson

The Local Government Legal Center, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, and International Municipal Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert S. Peck

United States of America, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer

United States Senator Cory Booker, Amicus Curiae, represented by Glenn Ari Danas

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gerson H. Smoger

 
Last updated: April 18, 2026