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Market Principles For Pesticides, Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners Oct 2003

Market Principles For Pesticides, Andrew P. Morriss, Roger E. Meiners

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Introduction To The Symposium: Pesticides: What Will The Future Reap?, Natasha C. Robinson Oct 2003

Introduction To The Symposium: Pesticides: What Will The Future Reap?, Natasha C. Robinson

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Beyond The Dirty Dozen: The Bush Administration's Cautious Approach To Listing New Persistent Organic Pollutants And The Future Of The Stockholm Convention, Pep Fuller, Thomas O. Mcgarity Oct 2003

Beyond The Dirty Dozen: The Bush Administration's Cautious Approach To Listing New Persistent Organic Pollutants And The Future Of The Stockholm Convention, Pep Fuller, Thomas O. Mcgarity

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

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Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims Under Fifra: The Erosion Of A Defense, Valerie Watnick Jan 2003

Federal Preemption Of Tort Claims Under Fifra: The Erosion Of A Defense, Valerie Watnick

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

With the growth of federal regulation in the last century, federal preemption of state law has been an evolving issue in the area of toxic torts litigation. The preemption doctrine occupies a particularly prominent place in the area of pesticide-related litigation as the judiciary has struggled to decide what, if any, tort claims are preempted by the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972 ("FIFRA "), the federal statute governing the sale and labeling of pesticides in the United States. In Etcheverry v. Tri-Ag Serv. Inc., 22 Cal. 4th 316, 93 Cal. Rptr2d 36 (2000), a case heard by …