Legal Opinion
Monsanto Company v. Homan McFarling
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided October 16, 2002No. 01-1390PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge PAULINE NEWMAN. Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge CLEVENGER.
PAULINE NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Mr. Homan McFarling appeals the grant of a preliminary injunction by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri,1 prohibiting Mr. McFarling, pendente lite, from using the plant genes and seed obtained from crops grown from Monsanto Company’s patented soybean seed having the brand name Roundup Ready. We conclude that the district court acted within its discretion in granting the preliminary injunction.
BACKGROUND
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3Cited by33 opinions
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