Federal Atrazine Litigation

Federal atrazine litigation began in 2010.

In March of 2010, a coalition of plaintiffs from six states filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The federal case is case number 3:10-cv-00188-JPG -PMF.

Court papers for the atrazine federal class action lawsuit can be found here.

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2012 court papers:

• 02/28/2012: Order for Joint Motion for a 28-Day Stay of Action
• 02/24/2012: Joint Motion for a 28-Day Stay of All Proceedings and Deadlines
• 02/24/2012: Motion for Status Conference
• 02/14/2012: Notice of Errors and/or Deficiencies in Electronically Filed Documents
• 02/13/2012: Judge Frazier Ruling on Syngenta Protective Order Request
• 02/10/2012: Motion for Production of Documents
• 02/10/2012: Motion for Protective Order
• 01/26/2012: Order on Consent Motion to Allow Consolidated Response
• 01/23/2012: Consent Motion to Allow Consolidated Response
• 01/09/2012: Order on Consent Motion for Extension

2011 court papers:

• 12/29/2011: Opposition to Motion for Reconsideration
• 12/23/2011: Response in Opposition to Motion to Defer Consideration
• 12/22/2011: Consent for Motion to Extend Time
• 12/15/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’S Motion for Oral Argument on its Motion for Summary Judgment on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Greenville, Illinois
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta AG’s Motion for Reconsideration and Supporting Memorandum
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’S Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgement on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Greenville, Illinois
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Motion for Summary Judgement on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Greenville, Illinois
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Motion for Oral Argument on its Motion for Summary Judgement on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Marion, Kansas
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Memorandum in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgement on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Marion, Kansas
• 11/30/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Motion for Summary Judgement on the Claims of Plaintiff City of Marion, Kansas
• 11/23/2011: Memorandum and Order on on defendant Syngenta AG’s motion to dismiss
• 11/14/2011: Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Syngenta’s Motion to Dismiss Declaratory Relief Count
• 11/04/2011: Memorandum and Order on various motions filed by intervenors the Environmental Law and Policy Center and Prairie Rivers Network
• 06/02/2011: Plaintiff’s Supplemental Authority in Opposition to Syngenta AG’s Rule 12(B)(2) Motion to Dismiss
• 05/24/2011: Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Supplemental Authority
• 05/24/2011: Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Supplemental Authority
• 05/20/2011: Plaintiff’s Response to the Defendant’s Response to Show Cause Order
• 05/20/2011: Plaintiff’s Response to Syngenta’s Response to the Court’s Order to Show Cause
• 05/13/2011: Memorandum Opinion – Judge Der-Yeghiayan
• 05/13/2011: Defendant’s Reponse to Court’s Order to Show Cause
• 05/12/2011: Order – Magistrate Judge Frazier
• 05/12/2011: Minute Order – Magistrate Judge Frazier
• 05/10/2011: Plaintiff’s Reply Memorandum on Motion to Amend Scheduling
• 05/09/2011: Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Responses to Plaintiff’s 1st Interrogatories
• 05/03/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Response to Plaintiff’s Motion for Amended Scheduling
• 04/28/2011: Plaintiff’s Motion for Amended Scheduling Order
• 04/28/2011: Environmental Law and Policy Center’s and Prairie Rivers Network’s Reply Brief in Support of Their Motion for Leave to Intervene
• 04/21/2011: Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC’s Brief in Opposition to Motion for Leave to Intervene
• 04/19/2011: Order to Show Cause Judge Gilbert
• 04/19/2011: Order Judge Gilbert
• 04/13/2011: Prairie Rivers Network Motion to Quash
• 04/13/2011: Prairie Rivers Network Memo in Support of Motion to Quash
• 04/13/2011: Environmental Law and Policy Center Motion to Quash
• 04/11/2011: Minutes of 04/11/2011 Settlement Conference

2010 court papers:

• 03/08/2010: Federal complaint