Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance, Sierra Club, High Mowing Organic Seeds v. Thomas J. Vilsack, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture, et al.
Published: Feb. 4, 2012 | Result Date: Jan. 6, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 3:2011-cv-01310 Bench Decision – Defense
Court
USDC Northern
Attorneys
Plaintiff
George A. Kimbrell
(Center for Food Safety)
Paige M. Tomaselli
(Center for Food Safety)
Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu
(As You Sow)
Defendant
Facts
Plaintiffs challenged the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's decision to end a nationwide ban of Roundup Ready alfalfa, a genetically engineered herbicide-resistant strain of alfalfa manufactured by Monsanto Co. Plaintiff farmers were concerned that the product would be spread by wind and bees, pollinating their crops and taking over their fields.
Contentions
PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs argued that the Dept. of Agriculture had failed to take into account the effects of increased herbicide use that would follow from the approval of herbicide-resistant alfalfa.
Result
The court ruled in the Dept. of Agriculture's favor, finding that federal law does not require the Dept. to account for the effects of cross-pollination on commercial crops.
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