Supreme Court of Texas

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and its implementing regulations do not preempt state common-law damage claims for crop damage to peanut plants, because of the EPA's choice not to regulate herbicide labels regarding how well a product works.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/07/2001
• Decided 06/06/2002
• Published 06/06/2002

Judges

• Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Russell B. Power,Hart & Power, Marlene S. Thomson, Maxwell & Power, Dallas, Lawrence S. Ebner, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kerwin B. Stephens, Stephens & Myers, L L P, Graham, for Respondent.