Month: September 2026

In Pung v. Isabella County, 609 U.S. ____ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the proper baseline for measuring “just compensation” following a fairly conducted tax sale is the auction sale price, not the property’s hypothetical fair mark...

In Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal courts can’t create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS). It further held that neither the ATS nor the Torture Victim Protection Act ...

In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that an alien standing in Mexico does not “arriv[e] in the United States” by attempting, and failing, to set foot in this country. Rather, an alien “arrives in the Uni...

In Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, 609 U.S. ___ (2026), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims targeting pesticide labels approved by the Environm...