firearms-trafficking
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-6839 | Eric Fru Nji, Wilson Nuyila Tita, and Wilson Che Fonguh v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2026-02-18 | Pending | IFP | aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof firearms-trafficking jury-instructions pinkerton-liability willful-blindness | Whether the district court and Fourth Circuit erred by allowing the jury to be instructed under a Pinkerton standard, a willful blindness instruction,… |
| 23-1141 | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos | First Circuit | 2024-04-22 | Judgment Issued | Amici (45) | aiding-and-abetting drug-cartel-violence drug-cartels firearms-industry firearms-trafficking international-tort legal-causation plcaa proximate-cause trafficking | The production and sale of firearms in the United States is the "proximate cause" of alleged injuries to the Mexican government stemming from violence… |
| 22-7289 | Terrick Bishoff v. United States | First Circuit | 2023-04-14 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review application-notes circuit-court circuit-split criminal-intent deference firearms-trafficking gun-transfer sentencing-guidelines statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that the enhancement for trafficking in firearms set out in U.S.S.G. §2K2.1(b)(5) applies to someone … |
| 18-9301 | Skip Earnest Ralph Lomax v. United States | Eighth Circuit | 2019-05-16 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confidential-informant criminal-enhancement criminal-law felon-possession firearms firearms-trafficking intent knowledge mens-rea sentencing statutory-interpretation unlawful-use | Did the court below err in finding that the firearms-trafficking enhancement applied when Mr. Lomax did not know that that confidential informant purc… |