U.S. Supreme Court 2025-2026 Term in Review

Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court continue to shape the field of environmental law, often with significant implications for the management of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources. In this webinar, the National Sea Grant Law Center’s staff attorneys discuss opinions issued in select cases from the Court’s 2025-2026 term and their relevance for Sea Grant work. Cases covered include rulings on whether federal law preempts certain pesticide label-based failure to warn claims and the appropriate court forum (state vs federal) for lawsuits over coastal erosion in Louisiana and the Line 5 pipeline in Michigan. We also revisit some major opinions from previous terms to see how the legal and regulatory system is responding and take a look at cases working their way up through the appellate courts. The webinar concludes with a preview of the Court’s 2026-2027 term. https://nsglc.olemiss.edu/webinars