Legal Opinion
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Henson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 5, 2002No. 01-757PublishedCited by 1,391 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
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 United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. The Louisiana court stayed respondent’s action when respondent successfully intervened in the Price suit and participated in the ensuing settlement. That settlement included a…
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