Legal Opinion
Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1991No. 89-1905PublishedCited by 617 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This case requires us to consider whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA or Act), 61 Stat. 163, as amended, 7 U. S. C. § 136 et seq., pre-empts the regulation of pesticides by local governments. We hold that it does not.
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FIFRA was enacted in 1947 to replace the Federal Government’s first effort at pesticide regulation, the Insecticide Act of 1910, 36 Stat. 331. 61 Stat. 163. Like its predecessor, FIFRA as originally adopted “was primarily a licensing and labeling statute.” Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co., 467 U. S. 986, 991 (1984). In 1972, growing environmental…
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