MONSANTO COMPANY, et al. v. GEERTSON SEED FARMS et al. (2010)

MONSANTO COMPANY, et al. v. GEERTSON SEED FARMS et al.
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: April 27, 2010
	Decided: June 21, 2010
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

MONSANTO COMPANY, et al. v. GEERTSON SEED FARMS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 2010. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 2010.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Natural resources - environmental protection (cf. national supremacy: natural resources, national supremacy: pollution)
Petitioner: Chemical company
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Farmer, farm worker, or farm organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 561 U.S. 139
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.