Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2025

Monsanto v. Durnell

Decided June 25, 2026. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 24-1068 · 609 U.S. ___ (2026)

Holding

The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U. S. C. §136v(b), expressly preempts Durnell’s state-law failure-to-warn claim because the claim would require Monsanto to add a cancer warning to its Roundup products’ label.

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