Filed in 2017, the lawsuit brought by Monsanto against the Arkansas Plant Board has been dismissed in full by a circuit court judge in Little Rock.

 

The reason: in January, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a decision that no one can sue the state under its constitution and the state can never be a defendant in its own courts. Because of that decision, there have been several Pulaski County judges who have already dismissed cases against the state. The suit brought by Monsanto — the company responsible for the dicamba-tolerant Xtend technology in soybean and cotton seed — argued against, among other things, a Plant Board ban on spraying dicamba in old or new formulations after April 15.

 

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