LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP. v. KOPPERS CO.

Docket No. A063939.

32 Cal.App.4th 599 (1995)

38 Cal. Rptr.2d 257

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. KOPPERS COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

February 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rawles, Hinkle, Carter, Behnke & Oglesby, Jared G. Carter and Michael D. Macomber for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hefner, Stark & Marois, Todd A. Murray, Jeffrey H. Graybill, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Robert L. Shuftan and Anthony G. Hopp for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

CORRIGAN, J.

INTRODUCTION

In this case we must decide whether plaintiff Louisiana-Pacific Corporation's (L/P) tort action against defendant Koppers Company, Inc. (Koppers) is preempted by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).1 We conclude the action is preempted and, hence, that the trial court correctly granted Koppers's motion for summary judgment...

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