U.S. Supreme Court preemption case: Wyeth v. Levine

SCOTUSBlog reports that the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument yesterday in Wyeth v. Levine, no. 06-1249.  In Wyeth, the Court will address whether FDA approval of warning labels precludes consumers from bringing state-law tort claims against drug manufacturers for failure to adequately warn of a drug's risks.

The transcript of the oral argument is available at this link, and here is my prior coverage of a similar preemption case, Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc., 128 S. Ct. 999 (2008), addressing medical devices.

UPDATE:  Dahlia Lithwick has an interesing article in Slate about the Wyeth argument.  Also, Law.com reports that "High Court Appears Torn Over Drug Labeling Case."  [Hat tip: How Appealing.]