Geertson Seed Farms v. Monsanto Company

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

GEERTSON SEED FARMS, an Oregon  business; TRASK FAMILY SEEDS a South Dakota business; CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, a Washington DC nonprofit corp.; BEYOND PESTICIDES, a Washington DC nonprofit corp.; CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE, a Wisconsin nonprofit corp.; DAKOTA RESOURCE COUNCIL, a North Dakota nonprofit corp.;

NATIONAL FAMILY FARM COALITION,

a Michigan nonprofit corp.; SIERRA CLUB, a California nonprofit corp.; No. 07-16458

WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF

RESOURCE COUNCILS a Montana  D.C. No.

CV-06-01075-CRB

nonprofit corp., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MIKE JOHANNS, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; STEVE JOHNSON, in his official capacity as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; RON DEHAVEN, in his official capacity as Administrator of the Animal Plant Health and 

12009 12010 GEERTSON SEED FARMS v. MONSANTO

Inspection Service, U.S.  Department of Agriculture, Defendants,

FORAGE GENETICS, INC.; JOHN

GROVER; DANIEL MADEROS; MARK

WATTE,

Defendant-Intervenors,  and

MONSANTO…