The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted nearly two-dozen agricultural groups’ petitions for review, after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned the use of a popular pesticide on food crops, after facing a tight deadline from the Ninth Circuit and pressure from environmental groups.
In a Nov. 2 opinion, authored by U.S. Court of Appeals Judge David R. Stras for the Eighth Circuit, the court determined the EPA’s decision to ban the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops was arbitrary and capricious. Therefore, it granted nearly two-dozen agricultural groups’ petitions for review and vacated the previous order.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
