US Supreme Court to Consider Whether to Allow Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gun Makers to Proceed

The U.S. Supreme Court announced on July 17 that it will formally consider on Sept. 30 whether to hear an appeal related to Mexico’s ongoing $10 billion lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers. The court said it will consider the petition in the case of Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos at its next scheduled private judicial conference at the end of its current summer recess. At least four of the nine justices must vote to grant the petition for it to move forward to oral arguments. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit determined that the litigation should be allowed to proceed in the lower courts. The issue now before the Supreme Court is whether the circuit court was justified in reversing an earlier federal district court ruling that dismissed the lawsuit....