No. 23-1141
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Amici (45)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: aiding-and-abetting drug-cartel-violence drug-cartels firearms-industry firearms-trafficking international-tort legal-causation plcaa proximate-cause trafficking
Latest Conference:
2024-09-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
The production and sale of firearms in the United States is the "proximate cause" of alleged injuries to the Mexican government stemming from violence committed by drug cartels in Mexico.
2. Whether the production and sale of firearms in the United States amounts to "aiding and abetting" illegal firearms trafficking because firearms companies allegedly know that some of their products are unlawfully trafficked.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the production and sale of firearms in the United States is the proximate cause of alleged injuries to the Mexican government
Docket Entries
2025-07-07
Judgment Issued.
2025-06-05
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions.
2025-06-05
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED Kagan, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., and Jackson, J., filed concurring opinions.
2025-03-04
Argued. For petitioners: Noel J. Francisco, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Catherine E. Stetson, Washington, D. C.
2025-02-10
Reply of petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-02-10
Reply of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. submitted.
2025-01-17
Amicus brief of March For Our Lives Action Fund submitted.
2025-01-17
Amicus brief of FAIR AND JUST PROSECUTION submitted.
2025-01-17
Amicus brief of Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont submitted.
2025-01-17
Record received from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
2025-01-17
Record received electronically from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and available with the Clerk.
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean and Jamie Raskin, and 40 Other Current and Former Members of Congress filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amicus curiae of Fair and Just Prosecution filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Social Science, Medical, and Legal Scholars filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Mexican Activists, Scholars, and Victims filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Gun Violence Prevention Groups filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amicus curiae of March For Our Lives Action Fund filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Christopher Kutz filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Officers filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-17
Brief amici curiae of Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-13
CIRCULATED
2025-01-10
Brief of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos filed. (Distributed)
2025-01-10
Brief of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos filed.
2025-01-10
Brief of Estados Unidos Mexicanos submitted.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of Professors of Tort Law, Statutory Interpretation, and Firearms Regulation in support of neither party filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of State of Montana, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of The Second Amendment Foundation filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of The National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed.
2024-12-03
Brief amici curiae of The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., et al. filed.
2024-11-27
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2024-11-27
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
2024-11-27
Brief amicus curiae of G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn in support on neither party filed.
2024-11-26
Brief of petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. filed.
2024-11-22
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
2024-11-04
Motion to extend the time to file petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 26, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 10, 2025.
2024-11-04
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.
2024-10-28
Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
2024-10-16
Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.
2024-10-04
Petition GRANTED.
2024-08-15
Letter of Estados Unidos Mexicanos submitted.
2024-08-15
Letter of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos received. (Distributed)
2024-08-08
Letter of petitioner Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. received. (Distributed)
2024-08-08
Letter of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. submitted.
2024-07-17
Reply of petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
2024-07-17
Reply of Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. submitted.
2024-07-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-07-03
Brief of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos in opposition filed.
2024-07-03
Brief of Estados Unidos Mexicanos in opposition submitted.
2024-05-22
Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union, et al. filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association of America and Independence Institute filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. and FPC Action Foundation filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of National Association for Gun Rights and the National Foundation for Gun Rights filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, and 25 Other Members of Congress filed.
2024-05-22
Brief amicus curiae of The Second Amendment Foundation filed.
2024-05-21
Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed.
2024-05-20
Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed.
2024-05-15
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
2024-05-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 3, 2024.
2024-05-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 22, 2024 to July 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-05-03
Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
2024-04-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2024)
Attorneys
American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Colt’s Manufacturing Company, LLC
Michael Lyn Rice — Harrison Law LLC, Petitioner
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Professor Christopher Kutz
Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Catherine Emily Stetson — Hogan Lovells US LLP, Respondent
FAIR AND JUST PROSECUTION
David Morris Gossett — Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Respondent
Fair and Just Prosecution
Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. and FPC Action Foundation
David H. Thompson — Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Amicus
G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn
Joan Deborah Bolinsky Edelsohn — Amicus
Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al.
William Jeffrey Olson — William J. Olson, P.C., Amicus
Gun Violence Prevention Groups
Landmark Legal Foundation
Law Enforcement Officers
March For Our Lives Action Fund
Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawai‘i, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Vermont
Mexican Activists, Scholars, and Victims
Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners
National Association for Gun Rights and the National Foundation for Gun Rights
David Alan Warrington — Dhillon Law Group, Inc., Amicus
National Association of Manufacturers and American Tort Reform Association
Philip S. Goldberg — Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Amicus
National Rifle Association of America and Independence Institute
Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee — NRA-ILA, Amicus
National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
Erin E. Murphy — Clement & Murphy, PLLC, Amicus
Professors of Tort Law, Statutory Interpretation, and Firearms Regulation
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al.
Noel John Francisco — Jones Day, Petitioner
Social Science, Medical, and Legal Scholars
Amanda Shafer Berman — Crowell & Moring LLP, Amicus
State of Montana
The American Constitutional Union and LTC Allen West (Ret)
John Joseph Park Jr. — Law Offices of Jack Park, Amicus
The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms
David Christian Tryon — The Buckeye Institute, Amicus
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Steven Andrew Engel — Dechert LLP, Amicus
The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc.; Hill Country Class 3, LLC d/b/a Silencer Shop; NST Global, LLC d/b/a SB Tactical; and Palmetto State Armory, LLC
Stephen Joseph Obermeier — Wiley Rein LLP, Amicus
The National Association for Gun Rights and The National Foundation for Gun Rights
Gary Michael Lawkowski — Dhillon Law Group, Amicus
The Second Amendment Foundation
Thomas Ryan McCarthy — Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Amicus
U.S. House of Representatives
Matthew B. Berry — Office of General Counsel, Amicus
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean and Jamie Raskin, and 40 Other Current and Former Members of Congress
Alexandra Clare Eynon — MoloLamken LLP, Amicus
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, and 25 Other Members of Congress
Washington Legal Foundation
Cory L. Andrews — Amicus