The US Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the government of Mexico can sue the leading gun manufacturers in the U.S. for allegedly fueling drug cartel violence south of the border. The justices announced Friday that they will hear the gunmakers’ challenge to an appeals court ruling that would allow the unusual,

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether to block a $10 billion lawsuit Mexico filed against leading U.S. gun manufacturers over allegations their commercial practices have helped caused m

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider a bid by U.S. gun makers to end a lawsuit from the Mexican government seeking to hold them liable for violence committed by drug cartels. The dispute will be argued in the court's next term,

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a bid by U.S. gun maker Smith & Wesson and firearms wholesaler Interstate Arms to throw out Mexico's lawsuit accusing them of aiding the illegal trafficking of firearms to Mexican drug cartels.

Firearm companies have warned the Supreme Court that Mexico's billion-dollar lawsuit could be the end of their business.

The justices will consider whether a 2005 law that gives gun makers broad immunity applies in the case, which accuses them of complicity in supplying cartels with weapons.

The case challenges a 2005 law that generally shields gun manufacturers from civil liability when their products are used in criminal activities.