Legal Opinion
Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 2008No. 07-16458, 07-16492, 07-16725PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge SCHROEDER; Dissent by Judge N. RANDY SMITH
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
The Monsanto Company (“Monsanto”) is a large-scale manufacturer of chemical products, including herbicides and pesti*941cides. In the 1990s it began developing a variety of alfalfa that would be resistant to one of its leading herbicides. The United States Department of Agriculture, through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (“APHIS”), approved the genetically modified alfalfa in 2005.
This is an appeal from an injunction entered by the district court enjoining future planting of Monsanto alfalfa,…
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