Carter v. Monsanto Co.

ORDER

JOSEPH R. GOODWIN, Chief Judge.

Pending before the court in this class action suit is the plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction [Docket 35] and Motion to Remand for Voluntary Dismissal or in the Alternative for Voluntary Dismissal [Docket 50]. For the reasons herein, the Motion to Remand for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction is GRANTED and the Motion to Remand for Voluntary Dismissal is DENIED.

I. Background

This class action suit raises several claims based on the defendants’ alleged disposal of the agricultural herbicide 2, 4, 5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid…