(February 9, 2017, 11:56 AM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Feb. 3 denied a motion filed by Monsanto Co., Solutia Inc. and Pharmacia LLC seeking dismissal of lawsuits brought by the cities of Berkley, San Jose and Oakland, Calif., over polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination in the San Francisco Bay, finding that the plaintiff cities sufficiently stated claims for public nuisance (City of San Jose v. Monsanto Company, et al., No. 15-cv-03178, City of Oakland v. Monsanto Company, et al., No. 15-cv-05152, City of Berkeley v. Monsanto Company, et al., No. 15-cv-00071, N.D. Calif.)....