NM Attorney General leads multi-state coalition in US Supreme Court pesticide, weedkiller case

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 2, 2026

Words: 565

Last Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday led a multi-state coalition asking U.S. Supreme Court justices to preserve several states’ abilities to seek restitution from pesticide manufacturers.

The New Mexico Department of Justice and attorneys general for 16 other states and Washington, D.C., filed a brief of support in the Missouri case Monsanto Co. v. Durnell. The case focuses on a dispute over whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act protects …

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