Legal Opinion
City of San Jose v. Monsanto Co.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided February 3, 2017No. Case No. 5:15-cv-03178-EJD, Case No. 5:15-cv-05152-EJD, Case No. 5:16-cv-00071-EJDPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINTS
EDWARD J. DAVILA, United States District Judge
In these related cases, Plaintiffs City of San Jose, City of Oakland, and City of Berkeley (the “Cities”) seek damages from Defendants Monsanto Company, Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia LLC (“Monsanto”). From the 1930s to the 1970s, Monsanto manufactured and sold products containing environmental contaminants called poly-chlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”). The Cities allege that Monsanto’s PCBs pollute the San Francisco Bay (the “Bay”) through stormwater and dry weather runoff…
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