On January 2, Boulder Weekly reported that a brief had been filed with The U.S. Supreme Court to hear a class-action lawsuit against agro-beheamoth Monsanto.
“The brief is an effort to get the high court to hear and reinstate the
OSGATA case, which now has a plaintiff group that has swelled to more
than 300,000 individuals and 4,500 farms, along with numerous seed
businesses and public advocacy groups, all of whom are seeking
protection from potential Monsanto patent infringement lawsuits and the
damages caused when Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) pollen
contaminates organic or non- GE crops by way of drift or other
accidental means. The suit also seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s patents
on 23 of the company’s GE crops,” we wrote.
Late yesterday, the SCOTUS declined to hear the case.
“The Supreme Court failed to grasp the extreme predicament family farmers find themselves in,” Maine organic seed farmer Jim Gerritsen said in a press release.
 Though the plaintiff’s are unlikely to let the case rest, the SCOTUS’s refusal to hear the case makes it effectively dead in the water for the time being.
Boulder Weekly will continue to keep you updated as this story develops.
