Court rules for Roundup maker in dispute over cancer warnings on pesticide labels (opens in new tab)

The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Monsanto in a high-stakes dispute over cancer warnings on pesticide labels\. In an opinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Monsanto Company v\. Durnell , the court ruled, by a vote of 7-2, that state lawsuits aimed at holding the company liable for failing to warn consumers about the potential risks of Roundup exposure are barred by the federal law governing pesticide sales\. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justice Nei...