A federal District Court judge in Boston has tossed most of the $10 billion lawsuit filed by the government of Mexico against a group of US firearm manufacturers. Judge Dennis Saylor tossed the suit against six of the eight respondents on jurisdictional grounds.
This isn’t the first time Judge Saylor tossed Mexico’s attempt to extort cash from us gun companies. Back in 2022, he threw out the suit on the grounds that it violated the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. As the AP reported at the time . . .
The law shields gun manufacturers from damages “resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse” of a firearm.
“While the court has considerable sympathy for the people of Mexico, and none whatsoever for those who traffic guns to Mexican criminal organizations, it is duty-bound to follow the law,” Saylor wrote.
Earlier this year, however, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the suit. The Court ruled that despite clear PLCAA problems, Mexico’s suit “plausibly alleges a type of claim that is statutorily exempt from the [act’s] general prohibition.”
Today, however, Judge Saylor has once again dispatched most of the action against the US gun makers.
From US News . . .
U.S. District Judge Dennis Saylor in Boston dismissed claims against six of the eight companies Mexico had sued in 2021, including Sturm, Ruger and Glock, citing jurisdictional problems.
Look for updates when the ruling becomes available.
Saylor also okayed the MA AWB, so don’t think of him as a protector of rights.
Most, but not all?
What part stayed?
Nothing got stayed. Just some of the defendants were dismissed from the case by the trial court on jurisdictional grounds (the nature of which grounds are not explained by the short article here).
Thanks, it would have been nice if that was included…
This whole thing should be dismissed and the lawyers ……………….. and Mex gov to pay…………………I’m pissed.