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· 2/22/1972

Nachbaur v. Herman

Citations

  • 405 U.S. 931
  • 92 S. Ct. 987

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the federal government “has occupied the entire field of labeling regulation, leaving no room for the states to supplement federal law, even by means of state common law tort actions.”
  • holding state tort actions for inadequate warning preempted by Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and its enacting regulations
  • holding state tort actions for inadequate warning preempted by Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and its enacting regulations
  • “[W]e admit to a little uncertainty and pass over the question of express preemption.”
  • “We hold that FIFRA impliedly preempts state common law tort suits”

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