SCOTUS Throws Out Mexico Suit Against Gunmakers: The Brief

THE US SUPREME COURT Thursday threw out the Mexican government’s lawsuit accusing gunmakers including Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger of helping to funnel firearms to the country’s violent drug cartels, Greg Stohr reports.

• Voting unanimously, the justices said Mexico’s suit was barred under the 2005 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act that gave the gun industry broad protection from legal liability. Read More

THE CASE was one of six the high court resolved as it entered the home stretch of a nine-month term scheduled to end in late June or early July. In another ruling, the justices revived ...