WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court ruled on thirteen cases between June 22, 2026, and June 29, 2026. The Court also accepted six new cases to its merits docket since June 22.

In Blanche v. Lau, decided on June 23, the Court vacated and remanded a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 6-3 opinion. The Court held that the government is not required to establish clear and convincing evidence before rejecting a Lawful Permanent Resident from re-entry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)(I).

On the same day, in Pung v. Isabella County, Michigan, the Supreme Court vacated and remanded a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in a 9-0 opinion. The Court held that when property is confiscated through foreclosure, the government is not required to compensate the former owner for the hypothetical market price of the home. It further ruled that the government is only required to return surplus profits based on the actual sale price of the property.

In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, also on June 23, the Court affirmed a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a 6-3 opinion. The ruling stated that individuals cannot be held liable in their personal capacities under a Spending Clause statute unless they have voluntarily and knowingly consented to answer lawsuits under the statute. The Court determined that the case could not proceed against individual defendants due to lack of voluntary and knowing consent to face Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act liability.

The Court reversed and remanded a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. in a 6-3 opinion on June 23. This decision held that the Helms-Burton Act nullifies the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities. It also stated that plaintiffs suing Cuban agencies or their instrumentalities under the Helms-Burton Act are not required to satisfy one of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act's enumerated exceptions to foreign sovereign immunity.

On June 23, in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I, the Court issued a 6-3 opinion holding that courts may not create new causes of action for violations of international norms under the Alien Tort Statute. The Court additionally held that the Torture Victim Protection Act does not provide for aiding-and-abetting liability.

On June 25, the Supreme Court reversed and remanded the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Wolford v. Lopez in a 6-3 opinion. This ruling held that a Hawaii law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without express authorization from the property owner violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.

Also on June 25, in Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Court reversed and remanded a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in a 6-3 opinion. The Court held that an alien standing in Mexico 'arrives in the United States' only when they cross the border, not through an attempt to enter the country. It also determined that the Immigration and Nationality Act neither entitles an alien in Mexico to apply for asylum nor requires an immigration officer to inspect them. In a related case, Mullin v. Doe, also on June 25, the Court reversed and remanded a judgment from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 6-3 opinion. This ruling concluded that federal law creating the Temporary Protected Status program generally bars courts from reviewing non-constitutional claims regarding decisions to end TPS designations for Haiti and Syria. The Court also ruled that a constitutional claim alleging the Trump administration terminated Haiti's TPS designation due to the country's racial makeup would likely fail.

In Monsanto Company v. Durnell, the Court reversed and remanded a judgment from the Missouri Court of Appeals in a 7-2 opinion on June 25. The Supreme Court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act expressly prevents Durnell's state-law failure-to-warn claim because it would require Monsanto to add a cancer warning to the herbicide Roundup's label.

On June 29, the Supreme Court issued opinions in Watson v. Republican National Committee, Chatrie v. United States, Trump v. Cook, and Trump v. Slaughter.

The Court has agreed to hear arguments in 59 cases for the 2025-2026 term and accepted 21 cases for the 2026-2027 term.