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Company

Monsanto Company

Federal civil lawsuits naming Monsanto Company.

In this index, 4,546 federal civil lawsuits name a party recorded as Monsanto Company, most often as a defendant (4,347 of 4,546). These may be different parties who share the name; records here are grouped by name only. These cases are most often Product Liability and Real Property matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, E.D. Missouri. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Personal Injury, and Patent Infringement.

4,546
Lawsuits
4,347
As Defendant
202
As Plaintiff
36
Open
4,510
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
2 mo
Median Duration
3,793 of these cases (83%) are Product Liability filings — large waves of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.
123 cases/yrPredominantly defendant · 96%Product Liability-heavy · 83%Activity declining

Cases by State

AL — 54 casesAZ — 331 casesAR — 29 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 22 casesCT — 9 casesDE — 99 casesDC — 8 casesFL — 330 casesGA — 57 casesID — 16 casesIL — 99 casesIN — 14 casesIA — 34 casesKS — 30 casesKY — 46 casesLA — 92 casesME — 5 casesMD — 6 casesMA — 48 casesMI — 28 casesMN — 128 casesMS — 52 casesMO — 1,324 casesMT — 8 casesNE — 39 casesNV — 2 casesNH — 16 casesNJ — 56 casesNM — 10 casesNY — 85 casesNC — 36 casesND — 6 casesOH — 80 casesOK — 14 casesOR — 10 casesPA — 968 casesRI — 3 casesSC — 56 casesSD — 7 casesTN — 36 casesTX — 73 casesUT — 5 casesVT — 3 casesVA — 8 casesWA — 78 casesWV — 68 casesWI — 9 casesWY — 2 cases
HI · 7PR · 3

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 888 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
Product LiabilityReal PropertyPatentPersonal Property / FraudContract

Filings by Year

19902026

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Product Liability3,793
Real Property218
Patent158
Personal Property / Fraud122
Contract79
Civil Rights69

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Clustered litigation · MDL 3,793 Product Liability member cases 83% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated into multidistrict litigation — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 3,793 member cases →

753 Other Cases — Newest First

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