Monsanto Co. v. Durnell (2026)

Court Filing · Supreme Court of the United States · June 25, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court, June 2026, 7 to 2: federal pesticide law blocks state lawsuits claiming Monsanto should have put a cancer warning on Roundup. The ruling is about preemption; it did not decide whether glyphosate causes cancer.

Held: FIFRA expressly preempts Durnell's state-law failure-to-warn claim because the claim would require Monsanto to add a cancer warning to Roundup's label.

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U.S. Supreme Court, June 2026, 7 to 2: federal pesticide law blocks state lawsuits claiming Monsanto should have put a cancer warning on Roundup. The ruling is about preemption; it did not decide whether glyphosate causes cancer.

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