( June 19, 2025, 1:35 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The respondent in one of three separate-but-related petitions for certiorari filed by Monsanto Co. in the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of preemption of claims related to the herbicide Roundup under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) filed a brief on June 18 arguing that the court should deny the petition because Monsanto’s theory is “deeply flawed” and that the reasons for denial are the same as in the companion case Monsanto Co. v. Durnell. In that case, John L. Durnell, who was awarded $1.25 million in damages, argues that Monsanto’s petition “presents one company’s attempt to avoid further tort claims. And no company is less deserving of such sweeping immunity than Monsanto.”...