Monsanto Co. v. Scruggs

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PEPPER, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on Monsanto’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts Six, Seven, Eight and Nine of Defendants’ Counterclaim (Defendants’ Antitrust Claims) [401-1]. The Court, having reviewed the motion, the response, the briefs of the parties, the authorities cited and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, finds as follows, to-wit:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In the mid-1990’s, Monsanto launched revolutionary new agricultural technologies. The new technologies have been described ad infinitum in other Memorandum Opinions issuing from the…