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

Mexico says US gunmakers are contributing to rising violence in that country.

In this file image, a police cordon reading "Danger" is pictured at a crime scene where unknown assailants gunned down people at a garage in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2018. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez

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 stated that 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.