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SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC. v. HENSON

No. 01-757.

537 U.S. 28 (2002)

SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., ET AL. v. HENSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Alsobrook, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Mark C. Surprenant, Robert N. Markle, and Alan B. Nadel.

David J. Bederman argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

REHNQUIST, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. STEVENS, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 35.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Hurley Henson filed suit in state court in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, against petitioner Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. (then known as Ciba-Geigy Corp.) asserting various tort claims related to petitioners' manufacture and sale of a chlordimeform-based insecticide. A similar action, Price v. Ciba-Geigy Corp., was already underway in the...

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