We normally presume that, where words differ as they differ here, Congress acts intentionally and purposely in the disparate inclusion or exclusion. (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)). The cooperative again oversprayed in 2007. Red River Spray Service, Inc. v. Nelson, 404 N.W.2d 332, 334 (Minn.App. 7 U.S.C. We recognize that the assumption has some support from the following general commentary on the regulation: National Organic Program, 65 Fed.Reg. We therefore reverse the district court's dismissal of the Johnsons' claims, its denial of the Johnsons' motion to amend their complaint to include claims related to other incidents of chemical drift, and its order denying a permanent injunction, and we remand for further proceedings. 205.202(b), a third party's pesticide drift cannot cause a field to lose organic certification. These cases go beyond our precedent because they conclude that intangible objects can support a claim for trespass to land. The Johnsons do not allege that a tangible object invaded their land. See, e.g., Anderson v. Dep't of Natural Res., 693 N.W.2d 181, 192 (Minn.2005) (discussing our nuisance jurisprudence); Schmidt v. Vill. And we rely on the district court's findings unless they are clearly erroneous. In doing so, it found that there was no harm to the Johnsons and no "wrongful conduct" by the cooperative. We therefore reverse the denial without prejudice for further consideration of the injunction on remand, offering no opinion about the merit of any other arguments for or against its issuance. In other words, in order for products to be sold as organic, the organic farmer must not have applied prohibited substances to the field from which the product was harvested for a period of 3 years preceding the harvest.13. As to the negligence per se and nuisance claims based on 7 C.F.R. The Johnsons contend that as long as there is damage to the land resulting from deposition of particulate matter a viable claim for trespass exists. The Cooperative argues that the invasion of particulate matter does not, as a matter of law, constitute a trespass in Minnesota. Appellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company (Cooperative) is a member owned farm products and services provider that, among other things, applies pesticides to farm fields. 1987). The same is true for the Johnsons' request for a permanent injunction. Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53, 6263, 126 S.Ct. Get free summaries of new Minnesota Supreme Court opinions delivered to your inbox! JOHNSON v. PAYNESVILLE FARMERS UNION COOPERATIVE OIL COMPANY Supreme Court of Minnesota. Oluf JOHNSON, et al., Respondents, v. PAYNESVILLE FARMERS UNION COOPERATIVE OIL COMPANY, Appellant. Nos. A101596, A102135. Because these regulations specifically include unintended applications and drift as types of applications, the Johnsons argue that the phrase applied to it in section 205.202(b) must similarly be read to include the Cooperative's pesticide drift. Evidently, under the court's reading of the regulations, if a third party intentionally applies a prohibited pesticide to an organic farm field in a quantity sufficient to leave a residue that violates the regulation, 7 U.S.C. Whereas that distinction may have been logical at times when science was not as precise as it is now, that distinction is not sound today. 205.202(b), remains viable. 205.400(f)(1). More. 7 C.F.R. This regulation is at the heart of the Johnsons' claim for damages; they argue that the pesticides were prohibited substances that were "applied to" their field during the cooperative's overspraying, preventing them from selling their crops on the organic market. But we conclude that the district court erred in (1) dismissing the Johnsons' nuisance and negligence per se claims to the extent those claims are not based on 7 C.F.R. 205.202(b) (2012). Section 205.202(c) provides that any field from which crops are intended to be sold as organic must have distinct boundaries and buffer zones to prevent unintended application of a prohibited substance. Section 205.400 details the requirements that a producer must meet in order to gain organic certification. 205 .202(b). 7 U.S.C. But if, as the Johnsons contend, any applicationincluding driftwere prohibited by section 205.202(b), then section 205.671 would be superfluous. For instance, the J ohnsons' brief to the Court of Appeals argued that their right of possession was impacted by Paynesville Co-op's actions; but the facts alleged in support of this argument related only to alleged interference with the Johnsons' use of their land. Considered and decided by ROSS, Presiding Judge; STAUBER, Judge; and HARTEN, Judge. Should the agent determine that the residue came from the intentional application of a prohibited substance, the product may not be sold as organic. Only produce that meets strict NOP standards may be certified as organic. 369 So.2d at 52526. We compared the odors in Wendinger to the "noxious fumes" that were emanating from a wastewater plant in Fagerlie v. City of Willmar, 435 N.W.2d 641, 644 n. 2 (Minn. App. Because Bradley and Borland require a showing of reasonable foreseeability and substantial damages, they essentially disregard the traditional understanding of trespass under Minnesota law, and they are in reality, examples of either the tort of private nuisance or liability for harm resulting from negligence and not trespass cases at all. Liberty University. 205.202(b) (2012) cover instances of pesticide drift, thereby, justifying certain of plaintiff organic farmers Johnsons nuisance and negligence per se claims for damages? One of these specific practices provides that in order to be sold as organic, the product must not be produced on land to which any prohibited substances, including synthetic chemicals, have been applied during the 3 years immediately preceding the harvest of the agricultural products. 7 U.S.C. The legal theories in the proposed amended complaint are identical to the original complaint, but the Johnsons allege damages, including the inconveniences just mentioned, unique to the 2008 incidents. The Understanding Law Video Lecture Series: Monthly Subscription ($19 / Month) The errant dispersion of pesticides, which contain chemicals designed to affect the land, can interfere with possession. See Minn. Stat. The Johnsons sought a permanent injunction under the nuisance statute, Minn.Stat. The cooperative points to section 205.671 to urge a different holding. Thus, while the court concludes that invasion by an intangible object never interferes with a property owner's possessory rights, I conclude that in some circumstances it may, particularly when that intangible object is actually a substance that settles on the land and damages it. 7 U.S.C. Consequently, the Cooperative sought a review of the judgment. Johnson, 802 N.W.2d at 390. This formulation of trespass, however, conflicts with our precedent defining the elements of trespass. In this report, the Johnsons alleged that there was pesticide drift onto one of their transitional alfalfa fields after the Cooperative applied Roundup Power Max and Select Max (containing the chemicals glyphosate and clethodium) to a neighboring conventional farmer's field. at 530 ([I]f, as a result of the defendant's operation, the polluting substance is deposited upon the plaintiff's property, thus interfering with his exclusive possessory interest by causing substantial damage to the res, then the plaintiff may seek his remedy in trespass ); cf. But the district court should deny a motion to amend a complaint when the proposed claim could not survive a summary-judgment motion. In January 2009, the Johnsons sued the cooperative for the 2005 and 2007 incidents. 205.662(a), (c) (providing that any noncompliance with the NOP can lead to decertification)). 205.202(b) (2012). Keeton, supra, 13 at 7172. 843, 136 L.Ed.2d 808 (1997). The NOP regulation that specifically implements this compliance provision in the statute7 C.F.R. Oil Co., appellants could not establish causation as a matter of law. 6503(a) (directing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an organic certification program for producers and handlers of agricultural products). 205.202(b). In deciding whether the regulation is ambiguous, however, we do not construe the regulation in isolation. The Johnsons sued the Cooperative on theories including trespass, nuisance, and negligence per se and sought damages and injunctive relief. The Johnsons sued Appellant on theories including trespass, nuisance, and negligence per se, seeking damages and injunctive relief. 193, 90 L.Ed. As discussed above, the Johnsons' 2007 trespass claim and claims based on 7 C.F.R. 205.671confirm this interpretation. Citizens for a Safe Grant v. Lone Oak Sportsmen's Club, Inc., 624 N.W.2d 796, 805 (Minn.App. 6511(c)(2)(B). We address only the allegations here, which go beyond inconsequential over-spray or odor-related intrusion. Please try again. Every Bundle includes the complete text from each of the titles below: PLUS: Hundreds of law school topic-related videos from Relying on cases from other jurisdictions that were explicitly distinguished in Wendinger, the court of appeals held that pesticide drift can interfere with possession and therefore a trespass action can arise from a chemical pesticide being deposited in [discernible] and consequential amounts onto one agricultural property as the result of errant overspray during application directed at another. Id. When we read the phrase applied to it in 7 C.F.R. DLH, Inc. v. Russ, 566 N.W.2d 60, 71 (Minn. 1997). The Johnsons sought an injunction under the nuisance statute, Minnesota Statutes section 561.01. A trespass claimant must prove two elements: the plaintiffs rightful possession and the defendant's unlawful entry. A link to your Casebriefs LSAT Prep Course Workbook will begin to download upon confirmation of your email Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. 13, at 71. WebPaynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Co. EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown However, the disruption to the landowners exclusive possessory interest is not the same when the invasion is committed by an intangible agency, such as pesticide particles at issue here. favorite this post Jan 16 Couch for sale $250 (wdc > Leesburg) Claim this business. Anderson v. State, Dep't of Natural Res., 693 N.W.2d 181, 186 (Minn. 2005). Web200790 City of Charlottesville v. Payne 04/01/2021 In a case seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a citys actions relating to civil war memorial statues erected in the Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. Workers, 676 F.3d 566, 570 (7th Cir.2012) (stating that the same rules of construction apply to federal administrative rules as to statutes); Citizens Advocating Responsible Dev. , 132 S.Ct. Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company, Appellant. He was also told by the state's organic certifying agent that if any pesticide residue was detected, he must take the field out of organic production for three years. Further, numerous regulations in Title 7, Part 205, explicitly govern the behavior of producers and handlers. The states may adopt the federal standards or they may impose more restrictive requirements governing products sold as organic. Weborganic - Page 14 - Food & Beverage Litigation Update The connection between actual and proximate causation, Aegis Insurance Services, Inc. v. 7 World Trade Co. V. UNITED . Oil Co., No. Traditionally, trespasses are distinct from nuisances: [t]he law of nuisance deals with indirect or intangible interference with an owner's use and enjoyment of land, while trespass deals with direct and tangible interferences with the right to exclusive possession of land. Dobbs, supra, 50 at 96. We consider each of these issues in turn. And they alleged that the overspray forced them to destroy some of their crops. The MDA also reported that the chemicals diflufenzopyr and glyphosate were not present. See Flom v. Flom, 291 N.W.2d 914, 917 (Minn.1980) (noting that to satisfy the element of proximate cause there must be a showing that the defendant's conduct was a substantial factor in bringing about the injury). 6511(c)(2). The district court inferred too much from the regulation. The OFPA provides important context for interpretation of the regulation because the NOP regulations were drafted to carry out the provisions of the OFPA. In addition, the Johnsons claim damages for actual crop losses, inconvenience, and adverse health effects. Appellant Paynesville Farmers Union Cooperative Oil Company (Cooperative) is a member owned farm products and services provider that, among See Markham v. Cabell, 326 U.S. 404, 409, 66 S.Ct. The MDA investigated and determined that the cooperative illegally sprayed herbicide, causing visually apparent tainting of the Johnsons' crops consistent with drift. The court of appeals held that the phrase applied to it in section 205.202(b) included situations in which pesticides unintentionally came into contact with organic fields. 7 C.F.R. Johnson sold his herbicide-tainted crops at lower, nonorganic prices and, as required by federal regulation, removed the tainted field from organic production for three years. We begin with a discussion of the tort of trespass. Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. Because the district court failed to address whether there are any genuine issues of material fact on this aspect of the Johnsons' nuisance claim, we hold that the court erred when it dismissed the nuisance claim. 205.202(b). Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. And in a case alleging damages caused by pesticides, like this case, the applicable statute of limitations is 2 years regardless of the type of claim the plaintiff brings. Bad smell, we held, was a nuisance rather than a trespass because, although the essence of the intruding matter was technically a physical substance, it interferes with enjoyment and use of the property but not with its possession. The rule the Johnsons advocate, and that the court of appeals adopted, erodes this right because it imposes on the property owner the obligation to demonstrate that the invasion causes some consequence. That section states only that if "residue testing detects prohibited substances at levels that are greater than 5 percent of the Environ-mental Protection Agency's tolerance for the specific residue detected or unavoidable residual environmental contamination, the agricultural product must not be sold, labeled, or represented as organically produced." 205.202(b). 205.671. The district court granted summary judgment to the Cooperative and dismissed all of the Johnsons' claims. In this section, the NOP requires that producers who have been certified as organic create buffers between the fields from which organic products will be harvested and other fields. Reading each provision of the regulation as an integrated whole, we therefore deduce that the phrase "applied to" refers to "applications" and that "applications" include even each "unintended application" and that the "application" of a prohibited substance includes "drift" onto a nontargeted field. 205.671. Smelting & Ref. Section 205.671 provides that a crop cannot be sold as organic [w]hen residue testing detects prohibited substances at levels that are greater than 5 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's [EPA] tolerance for the specific residue. 7 C.F.R. The Johnsons, organic farmers, claimed that while Appellant, a cooperative, was spraying pesticide onto conventionally farmed fields adjacent to the Johnsons' fields, some pesticide contaminated the Johnsons' organic fields. Rather, we are to examine the federal regulation in context. Oil Co., 802 N.W.2d 383 (Minn.App.2011). New Minnesota Trespass Case: Bad Smells v.s. St. Paul, MN 55101-2134 (651) 757-1468 See Borland, 369 So.2d at 527 (noting, the same conduct on the part of a defendant may, and often does, result in the actionable invasion of exclusive possession of the property and use and enjoyment). See 7 U.S.C. We recognize that we expressly distinguished Borland and Bradley in our discussion in Wendinger and characterized them as examples of cases in which other jurisdictions, unlike Minnesota, had recognized trespass actions by particulate matter. WebCase Brief (19,287) Case Opinion (19,683) Johnson v. Paynesville Farmers Union Coop. 6511(c)(1). But, as set forth above, the Johnsons' nuisance claim, to the extent it is not based on 7 C.F.R. 1670, 1680, 182 L.Ed.2d 678 (2012) (noting that courts are to consider questions of statutory interpretation by looking at phrases in the context of the entire statute). Therefore, I would allow the suit to go forward and permit the record to be developed to resolve that question. 2000) (defining particulate matter as "[m]aterial suspended in the air in the form of minute solid particles or liquid droplets, especially when considered an atmospheric pollutant"). 205.201; see also 205.272 (requiring the farmer to "implement measures necessary to prevent the commingling of organic and nonorganic products and protect organic products from contact with prohibited substances"). Specifically, the Johnsons claim that the MDA required them to destroy a portion of their transitional soybeans affected by the alleged 2007 drift because of the presence of dicamba on and visual damage to the soybeans. Id. Total views 3. The district court here focused on our use of the term "particulate matter" in our discussing the nature of odors and, relying on the American Heritage Dictionary definition of "particulate matter," it concluded that pesticide drift is particulate matter and therefore not actionable as trespass under Minnesota law. See id. The Johnsons urge us, however, to construe the phrase applied to it to include actions of third parties, such as the pesticide drift that resulted from the Cooperative's spraying activity at issue here. Our decision in Wendinger rightly rejected the theory that odors alone can constitute trespass in Minnesota, but our citing to Borland and Bradley was unnecessary to that holding and, as a practical matter, our assessment of them was a bit adrift. The Johnsons' claim is one for nuisance, not trespass. Oluf Johnson complained to the cooperative after the 1998 incident, and it apologized, promising to "make it right." Having concluded that applied to it refers to situations where the producer has applied prohibited substances to the field, we must consider whether the district court correctly dismissed the Johnsons' nuisance and negligence per se claims based on 7 C.F.R. See 7 C.F.R. E .g., In re Cities of Annandale & Maple Lake, 731 N.W.2d 502, 516 (Minn.2007) (considering whether a federal regulation was ambiguous). The MDA concluded that drift from the Cooperative's spraying caused both of the positive test results. But any such directive was inconsistent with the plain language of 7 C.F.R. Construing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Johnsons, their certifying agent, OCIA, directed them to take their soybean fields out of organic production for 3 years. If the intrusion is to the interest in use and enjoyment of property, the law of nuisance applies.); see also J.D. The district court consequently denied the Johnsons' request for permanent injunctive relief. 205.202(c) and 7 C.F.R. In the 1990s, Oluf and Debra Johnson began the three-year process of converting their conventional family farm to a certified-organic farm to realize the higher market prices for organic produce and seeds. While the court of appeals expressly reversed the district court's denial of the Johnsons' claim for a, At that time, the binding precedent was this court's opinion in the same case, in which we held that a fine, Full title:Oluf JOHNSON, et al., Appellants, v. PAYNESVILLE FARMERS UNION COOPERATIVE. In terms of size, the largest inhalable coarse particles are 10 micrometers in diameter; that is one-seventh the diameter of a strand of human hair. 369 So.2d 523, 525, 530 (Ala. 1979). 561.01. 165 (1945) (stating that a law will not be strictly read if such reading results in the emasculation or deletion of a provision which a less literal reading would preserve.). Despite the Johnsons' requests, in 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, and 2008, the cooperative sprayed pesticide and herbicide on fields adjacent to theirs in a manner that violated Minnesota law, causing chemicals to land on the Johnsons' farm. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Filed: August 1, 2012 . The Johnsons base their construction on the use of the word application in 7 C.F.R. Our conclusion that the district court properly dismissed the Johnsons' negligence per se and nuisance claims based on 7 C.F.R. 6507(b)(1). Rather, when we interpret a rule, we consult the language itself, the specific context in which that language is used, and the broader context of the [rule] as a whole. Robinson v. Shell Oil Co., 519 U.S. 337, 341, 117 S.Ct. Borland, 369 So.2d at 529; accord Bradley, 709 P.2d at 791. Under the NOP regulations, crops may not be sold as organic if the crops are shown to have a prohibited substance on them at levels that are greater than 5 percent of the Environmental Protection Agency's tolerance level for that substance. It concluded that the claims arising from the 2005 overspray are time barred. But because the district court failed to consider whether the Johnsons' non trespass claims that were not based on 7 C.F.R. The Johnsons contend that the phrase applied to it in the regulation, read in conjunction with other sections of the NOP, means that any application of pesticides to a field, whether intentional or not, requires that the field be taken out of organic production for 3 years.11 Based on this reading, the Johnsons assert that they were required to take their soybean field back to the beginning of the 3year transition period because of the 2007 pesticide drift.12 As a result, the Johnsons claim they lost the ability to market crops from that field as organic, and therefore lost the opportunity to seek the premium prices commanded by organic products. We next address the district court's conclusion that the Johnsons failed to allege damages, an essential element of their nuisance and negligence-per-se claims. See Exelon Generation Co. LLC v. Local 15 Int'l Bhd. 802 N.W.2d at 391. 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