Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety (SCOTUSblog)

SCOTUSblog's case file for Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, docket 23 1197. Records that the Supreme Court, on 23 June 2026, decided the case by a 6 to 3 vote, holding that a state government employee may not be held liable in a personal capacity under a Spending Clause statute such as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 unless that employee has voluntarily and knowingly consented to answer private suits under it, so Damon Landor's case against the individual prison officials could not proceed. Names Justice Neil Gorsuch as the author of the majority opinion, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh and Barrett, with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissenting, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan. States that oral argument was heard on 10 November 2025.