CARSON v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 21-10994.

72 F.4th 1261 (2023)

John D. CARSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONSANTO COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: July 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Charles Frederick , Scott Kelly Attaway , Rund Khayyat , Derek Reinbold , Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick, PLLC, Washington, DC, Ashleigh Ruth Madison , Southeast Law, LLC, Savannah, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael X. Imbroscio , David Meir Zionts , Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, DC, Chase Boswell , Michael J. Thomas , Pennington, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Martin C. Calhoun , Joe Gregory Hollingsworth , Eric Gordon Laske , Hollingsworth, LLP, Washington, DC, Kenneth Lee Marshal , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Ashley Conrad Keller , Keller Postman, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Public Law Scholars.

Jennifer A. Moore , Moore Law Group, PLLC, Louisville, KY, Aimee Wagstaff , Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO, David Wool , Wool Trial Law, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Edwin Hardeman.

Adina H. Rosenbaum , Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Citizen.

Aimee Wagstaff , Andrus Wagstaff, Lakewood, CO, R. Brent Wisner , Wisner Baum, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David Wool , Wool Trial Law, Denver, CO, for Amici Curiae Ava Pilliod, Alberta Pilliod.

Alisa A. Coe , Earthjustice, Tallahassee, FL, Patti Ann Goldman , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Amici Curiae Farmworker Association of Florida, Pesticide Action Network, United Farm Workers & UFW Foundation, Farmworker Justice, Migrant Clinicians Network.

Leah Marie Nicholls , Public Justice, PC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Justice.

Joshua Craddock , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosat, Boulder, CO, Mark Yohalem , Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati — CA, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae The Retail Litigation Center.

Leslie A. Brueckner , Senior Attorney, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Oakland, CA, David Wool , Wool Trial Law, Denver, CO, for Amicus Curiae Public Justice, P.C.

William Robert Stein , Attorney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas Lee , Law Office of Thomas Lee, New York, NY, Theodore Mayer , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

William Robert Stein , Attorney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Products Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Shannen Wayne Coffin , Mark Christopher Savignac , Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, Sara Beth Watson , Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Croplife America.

Lawrence Steven Ebner , Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC & Atlantic Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Atlantic Legal Foundation, Washington Legal Foundation.

Michael F. Rafferty , Louis Bernsen , Harris Shelton Hanover & Walsh, PLLC, Memphis, TN, for Amicus Curiae Drexel Chemical Company.

Wilson, Circuit Judge, filed a dissenting opinion.


This appeal presents the question whether, under an express-preemption provision, a federal agency action that otherwise lacks the force of law preempts the requirements of state law. John Carson developed cancer after decades of using the popular weedkiller Roundup. He sued...

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