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WRIGHT v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

No. 97-1322.

599 N.W.2d 668 (1999)

Orville WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Cropmate Company d/b/a Dunlap Fertilizer, Defendant, and AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Kohorst of the Kohorst Law Firm, Harlan, for appellant.

Lawrence P. McLellan of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

McGIVERIN, Chief Justice.

The main question here is whether plaintiff Orville Wright's claims against defendant American Cyanamid Company, concerning the effectiveness of defendant's herbicide on certain weeds in plaintiff's farm fields, are preempted by the federal insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. § 136-136y (1994). The district court concluded that plaintiff's claims were preempted, or...

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