Supreme Court to Hear Roundup Maker’s Bid to Block Thousands of Lawsuits in April

The U.S. Supreme Court scheduled oral argument in Monsanto’s appeal seeking to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the company failed to warn consumers that Roundup, its popular weedkiller, could cause cancer.
The court announced on Feb. 11 that it will hear Monsanto Co. v. Durnell on April 27.
The justices also scheduled arguments in two other high-profile cases.
Chatrie v. United States, which is about the constitutionality of search warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users near crime scenes, will also be heard on April 27.
The court will hear the consolidated cases of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) v. AT&T and Verizon Communications v. FCC together on April 21. The cases are about whether provisions in the federal Communications Act of 1934 allowing the FCC to use in-house adjudications to levy penalties are constitutional…. 

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