preempt
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On Friday, the court said in a brief order that it would decide “whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempts a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026
Durnell, and the issue of whether a federal insecticide rule preempts state law.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 2, 2025
The German life-sciences company said the government’s support would be significant as the Court weighs its petition, arguing that federal pesticide law preempts state-level failure-to-warn claims.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025
That’s Supremacy Clause 101: When a federal law conflicts with a state law, the federal law preempts the state law.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024
The preempts remain, the observance of them is changed,'—Dr. J.H.
From On Compromise by Morley, John
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