Legal Opinion
Worm v. American Cyanamid Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1992No. 91-1749PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we consider for the first time the extent to which the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y (1988), preempts state common law contract and tort actions which touch upon the field of pesticide packaging or labeling. The district court, after considering carefully the only circuit decisions that had by then addressed the question, Papas v. Upjohn Co., 926 F.2d 1019, 1026 (11th Cir.1991) (holding that FIFRA preempts common law tort actions that are based on the alleged mislabeling of a pesticide), petition…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Jenkins v. Amchem Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1994
- Goeb v. TharaldsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
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