ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS v. SMITH & WESSON BRANDS

Civil Action No. 21-11269-FDS.

633 F.Supp.3d 425 (2022)

ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS, Plaintiff, v. SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC.; Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc.; Beretta USA Corp.; Century International Arms, Inc.; Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC; Glock, Inc.; Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.; and Witmer Public Safety Group, Inc. d/b/a Interstate Arms, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed September 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Lowy , Pro Hac Vice, Washington, DC, Steve D. Shadowen , Pro Hac Vice, Richard M. Brunell , Shadowen PLLC, Austin, TX, Tina J. Miranda , Hilliard Shadowen LLC, Austin, TX, Nicholas Shadowen , Pro Hac Vice, for Plaintiff.

Andrew E. Lelling , Jones Day, Boston, MA, Anthony Dick , Pro Hac Vice, Noel J. Francisco , Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Defendant Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.

James M. Campbell , Trevor J. Keenan , Campbell Conroy & O'Neil, P.C., Boston, MA, James W. Porter, II , Pro Hac Vice, Richard W. Kinney, III , Pro Hac Vice, Porter, Porter & Hassinger, Birmingham, AL, for Defendant Barrett Firearms Manufacturing, Inc.

Michael A. Savino , Braverman Greenspun, New York, NY, Michael B. DE Leeuw , Cozen O'Connor New York, NY, Wendy Kennedy Venoit , Cozen O'Connor, Boston, MA, John Kennedy McDonald , Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant Beretta USA Corp.

Christopher Renzulli , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey M. Malsch , Pro Hac Vice, Renzulli Law Firm, LLP, White Plains, NY, John F. Renzulli , Pro Hac Vice, Renzulli and Rutherford, LLP, New York, NY, Peter M. Durney , Patricia A. Hartnett , Cornell & Gollub, Boston, MA, for Defendant Glock, Inc.

James B. Vogts , Pro Hac Vice, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan I. Handler , Keith H. Bensten , Day Pitney LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc.

Nora R. Adukonis , Litchfield Cavo LLP, Lynnfield, MA, for Defendant Witmer Public Safety Group, Inc.

Anthony Pisciotti , Pro Hac Vice, Danny Lallis , Pro Hac Vice, Ryan Erdreich , Pro Hac Vice, Pisciotti Lallis Erdreich , Florham Park, NJ, Joseph G. Yannetti , Morrison Mahoney LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant Century International Arms, Inc.

Christine M. Netski , John G. O'Neill , Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak & Cohen, Boston, MA, Michael L. Rice , Harrison Law LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Colt's Manufacturing Co. LLC.

Ellen Valentik Leonida , Pro Hac Vice, Sarah Salomon , Pro Hac Vice, BraunHagey & Borden LLP, San Francisco, CA, Matthew B. Borden , Pro Hac Vice, BraunHagey & Borden LLP, San Fransico, CA, Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Boston, MA, for Amicus International Law Professors.

David Duncan , Zalkind Duncan & Bernstein LLP, Boston, MA, Thomas M. Sobol , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, Boston, MA, Ellen Valentik Leonida , Pro Hac Vice, Sarah Salomon , Pro Hac Vice, BraunHagey & Borden LLP, San Francisco, CA, Matthew B. Borden , Pro Hac Vice, BraunHagey & Borden LLP, San Fransico, CA, John A. Freedman , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Max Bernstein , BraunHagey & Borden LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Non-Party Proposed Amici.

Edward V. Colbert, III , Casner & Edwards LLP, Boston, MA, for Amicus Professors of Transnational Litigation.

Elizabeth N. Dewar , Office of the State Solicitor Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Amici Commonwealth of Massachusetts, California, State of, Connecticut, State of, Delaware, State of, District of Columbia, Hawaii, State of, Illinois, State of, Maryland, State of, Michigan, State of, Minnesota, State of, New Jersey, State of, New Mexico, State of, New York, State of, Oregon, State of.

Crystal Lohmann Parker , Aaron Haier , James Mandilk , William Taylor , Julia Tarver-Mason Wood , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, Roberto Gonzalez , Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, The Association for Public Policies.

James Pollack , Marten Law LLP, Boston, MA, for Amicus Everytown for Gun Safety.

Lawson E. Fite , Marten Law LLP, Portland, OR, for Amicus Gun Violence Prevention Groups.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS

This lawsuit involves claims against seven gun manufacturers and one wholesaler alleging the illegal trafficking of guns into Mexico. The plaintiff is the government of Mexico. The principal...

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