The US Supreme Court decides whether Mexico can sue gun manufacturers over border violence

(CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law bars Mexico from charging gun distributors with facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted Smith & Wesson and other manufacturers’ request to review a federal appeals court ruling that revived the case after a judge dismissed the case under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, a law that generally prohibits the civil liability of firearms manufacturers and distributors for the use of their products by outside criminals.

In total, the Supreme Court on Friday assigned 13 cases, filling out the term that begins Monday with disputes over reverse discrimination, the storage of spent fuel and DNA testing for a death row inmate.

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