He received a JD from Duke University and is the author of two books on the Supreme Court. The nation of Mexico’s lawsuit against several major US gun manufacturers, known as Smith & Wesson ...

A majority of the justices seemed to question Mexico’s claim that it could prove a direct chain linking arms manufacturers to drug cartel violence.

Mexico has sued U.S. gun companies for billions of dollars over claims that guns manufactured by them have fueled drug cartel violence.

The US Supreme Court signaled it’s likely to toss out a Mexican government lawsuit that accuses gunmakers including Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. of helping to funnel firearms to the country’s violent drug cartels.

The U.S. Supreme Court was set on Tuesday to hear a bid by two American gun companies to throw out the Mexican government's lawsuit accusing them of aiding illegal firearms trafficking to drug cartels and fueling gun violence in the southern neighbor of the United States.

The Supreme Court is considering the Mexican government's effort to hold U.S. gun companies accountable for violence involving trafficked firearms.

The justices return to the bench Monday for a week of oral arguments that includes a high-profile lawsuit from Mexico seeking to hold U.S. gun makers liable for cartel violence.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against top firearm manufacturers in the U.S. alleging the companies have fueled cartel gun violence.

The Mexican government's lawsuit against U.S. gun companies is set to go before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Supreme Court justices heard arguments in an appeal by gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson and firearm distributor Interstate Arms.

The lower appellate court ruled that Mexico had “plausibly” claimed that the manufacturers did aid and abet the illegal trafficking of guns “by passing along guns knowing that the purchasers include unlawful buyers, and making design and marketing decisions targeted towards those exact individuals.”

The dispute focuses on whether Mexico can hold U.S. manufacturers liable for gun violence and comes amid rising tensions between the countries.