Docket 24-1068October Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Monsanto Company, Petitioner v. John L. Durnell
Monsanto challenges state court rulings holding it liable for damages from its Roundup herbicide product. The case addresses federal preemption of state tort claims for EPA-approved pesticide labels.
Case overview
- Dispute
- Monsanto challenges state court rulings holding it liable for damages from its Roundup herbicide product. The case addresses federal preemption of state tort claims for EPA-approved pesticide labels.
- Issue
- The Court is deciding whether does the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempt a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.
- Current posture
- Argued Apr 27, 2026.
Question
Question presented
Does the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempt a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning?
Plain English
The Court is deciding whether does the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempt a label-based failure-to-warn claim where EPA has not required the warning.
Procedural posture
Case Accepted
Arguments HeardApr 27, 2026
Decision ReleasedUpcoming
- Originating court
- Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern District
- Supreme Court review
- Awaiting Decision
- Argument
- Held Apr 27, 2026
- Opinion
- Not released
Who is watching
- Legal area
- Product Liability
- Institutional path
- Court of Appeals of Missouri, Eastern District decision under Supreme Court review
- What changes next
- The next public milestone is the Court's disposition.
- Term context
- Awaiting Decision in October Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Source trail
Primary materials plus reporting.
Plain-English explainer. Court records remain authoritative. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
MethodologyRefreshed May 17, 2026.
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