CARSON v. MONSANTO CO.

No. 21-10994.

92 F.4th 980 (2024)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: February 5, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Charles Frederick , Scott Kelly Attaway , 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, Martin C. Calhoun , Joe Gregory Hollingsworth , Eric Gordon Lasker , Hollingsworth, LLP, Washington, DC, Chase Boswell , Michael J. Thomas , Pennington, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Kenneth Lee Marshall , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Ashley Conrad Keller, Keller Postman, LLC, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae.

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

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

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

Alisa A. Coe, Earthjustice, Tallahassee, FL, Patti Ann Goldman, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, Amici Curiae.

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

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

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

Leslie A. Brueckner, Bailey & Glasser, LLP, Oakland, CA, David Wool, Wool Trial Law, Denver, CO, Amicus Curiae.

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, Amicus Curiae.

William Robert Stein, Attorney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.

Shannen Wayne Coffin, Mark Christopher Savignac, Steptoe LLP, Washington, DC, Sara Beth Watson, Wiley Rein LLP, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.

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, Amicus Curiae.

Lawrence Steven Ebner, Capital Appellate Advocacy PLLC & Atlantic Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, Michael F. Rafferty, Louis Bernsen, Harris Shelton Hanover & Walsh, PLLC, Memphis, TN, Amicus Curiae.

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

Before Rosenbaum, Tjoflat, Circuit Judges, and Moody, District Judge.


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