2024 term · Roberts Court · vote not recorded
Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
605 U.S. 280
The record
- Term
- 2024
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
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- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 23-1141
- U.S. Reports
- 605 U.S. 280
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Elena Kagan
Holding
Because Mexico’s complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers’ unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, 15 U. S. C. §7901(a)(3), bars the lawsuit.
How the bench divided
No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.
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