Legal Opinion
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 2010No. 09-475PublishedCited by 941 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
This case arises out of a decision by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to deregulate a variety of genetically engineered alfalfa. The District Court held that APHIS violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 83 Stat. 852, 42 U. S. C. §4321 et seq., by issuing its deregulation decision without first completing a detailed assessment of the environmental consequences of its proposed course of action. To remedy that violation, the District Court vacated the agency’s decision completely deregulating the alfalfa variety in question; ordered APHIS not to act…
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