Organic Seed Growers & Trade Ass'n V. Monsanto Co.
On February 24th, 2012, Judge Buchwald threw out a case brought by consortium of U.S. organic farmers and seed dealers concerned about Monsanto's Genetically Modified Organism seeds claiming the suit was a "transparent effort to create a controversy where none exists." The decision was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on March 28, 2012.
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