SCOTUS Roundup Ruling Could Impact Hundreds of Tennessee Lawsuits After Similar Bill Stalled in State

SCOTUS Roundup ruling could impact hundreds of Tennessee lawsuits after similar bill stalled in state

The Supreme Court has made it significantly harder for Tennesseans to sue the maker of Roundup for failing to warn consumers on its label that the weedkiller could cause cancer, a move state lawmakers failed to approve last legislative session

SCOTUS Holds FIFRA Expressly Preempts State Law Failure to Warn Claims

On June 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, resolving a dispute over the scope of federal preemption under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. Section 136 et seq. The case presented the question of whether FIFRA preempts a label-based state-law failure-to-warn claim where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a label that does not require the…