Legal Opinion
in Re Monsanto Company
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 31, 1999No. 10-99-00137-CVPublished
1Opinion of the Court
In re Monsanto Company, et al
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-99-137-CV
IN RE MONSANTO COMPANY, ET AL.
Original Proceeding
O P I N I O N
Relators, Monsanto Company and other entities, seek a writ of mandamus requiring Respondent, the Honorable Robert Stem, Judge of the 82nd District Court of Falls County, to vacate an order by which he denied their claims of privilege as to almost 400 documents. The Real Parties in Interest (Plaintiffs) are farmers and farming entities who planted Relators’ genetically-engineered cotton seed during the 1996 growing season. They seek damages for spraying costs…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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