| No. 23-1141 | |
| Title: | Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
| Docketed: | April 22, 2024 |
| Lower Ct: | United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit |
| Case Numbers: | (22-1823) |
| Decision Date: | January 22, 2024 |
| Questions Presented | |
| Date | Proceedings and Orders |
| Apr 18 2024 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 22, 2024) |
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| May 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| May 08 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 22, 2024 to July 3, 2024, submitted to The Clerk. |
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| May 09 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 3, 2024. |
| May 15 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. |
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| May 20 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. |
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| May 21 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Montana, et al. filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of National Association of Manufacturers, et al. filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union, et al. filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association of America and Independence Institute filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. and FPC Action Foundation filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of National Association for Gun Rights and the National Foundation for Gun Rights filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, and 25 Other Members of Congress filed. |
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| May 22 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Second Amendment Foundation filed. |
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| Jul 03 2024 | Brief of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos in opposition filed. |
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| Jul 17 2024 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024. |
| Jul 17 2024 | Reply of petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 08 2024 | Letter of petitioner Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. received. (Distributed) |
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| Aug 15 2024 | Letter of respondent Estados Unidos Mexicanos received. (Distributed) |
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| Oct 04 2024 | Petition GRANTED. |
| Oct 16 2024 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. |
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| Oct 28 2024 | Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed. |
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| Nov 04 2024 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED. |
| Nov 04 2024 | Motion to extend the time to file petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including November 26, 2024. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including January 10, 2025. |
| Nov 26 2024 | Brief of petitioners Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Nov 27 2024 | Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. |
| Nov 27 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Nov 27 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn in support on neither party filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Landmark Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of The Second Amendment Foundation filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The American Constitutional Rights Union, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of The Buckeye Institute, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Product Liability Advisory Council, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amicus curiae of U.S. House of Representatives filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of State of Montana, et al. filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Professors of Tort Law, Statutory Interpretation, and Firearms Regulation in support of neither party filed. |
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| Dec 03 2024 | Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed. |
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| NAME | ADDRESS | PHONE |
| Attorneys for Petitioners | ||
| Noel John Francisco Counsel of Record | Jones Day 51 Louisiana Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001 NJFRANCISCO@JONESDAY.COM | (202) 879-3939 |
| Party name: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. | ||
| Attorneys for Respondent | ||
| Catherine Emily Stetson Counsel of Record | Hogan Lovells US LLP 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1109 CATE.STETSON@HOGANLOVELLS.COM | 2026375491 |
| Party name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos | ||
| Other | ||
| Cory L. Andrews Counsel of Record | Washington Legal Foundation 2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 CANDREWS@WLF.ORG | 2025880302 |
| Party name: Washington Legal Foundation | ||
| H. Christopher Bartolomucci Counsel of Record | Schaerr | Jaffe LLP 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 CBARTOLOMUCCI@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM | 202-787-1060 |
| Party name: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, and 25 Other Members of Congress | ||
| H. Christopher Bartolomucci Counsel of Record | Schaerr | Jaffe LLP 1717 K Street NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 CBARTOLOMUCCI@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM | 202-787-1060 |
| Party name: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Representative Darrell Issa, and 37 Other Members of Congress | ||
| Matthew B. Berry Counsel of Record | Office of General Counsel 5140 O'Neill House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 matthew.berry@mail.house.gov | 2022259700 |
| Party name: U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Michael Blandford Buschbacher Counsel of Record | Boyden Gray PLLC 800 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 mbuschbacher@boydengray.com | (202) 955-0620 |
| Party name: American Free Enterprise Chamber of Commerce | ||
| Steven W. Dulan Counsel of Record | The Law Offices of Steven W. Dulan, PLC 5311 Park Lake Road East Lansing, MI 48823 swdulan@stevenwdulan.com | 517-332-3149 |
| Party name: Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners | ||
| Lawrence S. Ebner Counsel of Record | Atlantic Legal Foundation 1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 lawrence.ebner@atlanticlegal.org | 202-729-6337 |
| Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation | ||
| Joan Deborah Bolinsky Edelsohn Counsel of Record | 460 Center Street Unit 6045 Moraga, CA 94570-6045 SAGEPropertiesLLC09@gmail.com | (415) 944-9509 |
| Party name: G. Antaeus B. Edelsohn | ||
| Steven Andrew Engel Counsel of Record | Dechert LLP 1900 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 STEVEN.ENGEL@DECHERT.COM | 2022613369 |
| Party name: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America | ||
| Matthew Conrad Forys Counsel of Record | Landmark Legal Foundation 19415 Deerfield Avenue, Suite 312 Leesburg, VA 20176 MATT@LANDMARKLEGAL.ORG | 703-554-6100 |
| Party name: Landmark Legal Foundation | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg Counsel of Record | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pgoldberg@shb.com | 202-783-8400 |
| Party name: Product Liability Advisory Council and American Tort Reform Association | ||
| Philip S. Goldberg Counsel of Record | Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP 1800 K Street, NW Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20006 pgoldberg@shb.com | 202-662-4860 |
| Party name: National Association of Manufacturers and American Tort Reform Association | ||
| Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee Counsel of Record | NRA-ILA 11250 Waples Mill Road Fairfax, VA 22030 jgreenlee@nrahq.org | (703) 267-1161 |
| Party name: National Rifle Association of America and Independence Institute | ||
| Timothy Michael Haggerty Counsel of Record | Friedman Kaplan Seiler Adelman & Robbins LLP 7 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Thaggerty@fklaw.com | 212-833-1100 |
| Party name: Professors of Tort Law, Statutory Interpretation, and Firearms Regulation | ||
| Gary Michael Lawkowski Counsel of Record | Dhillon Law Group 2121 Eisenhower Avenue, Suite 608 Alexandria, VA 22314 GLAWKOWSKI@DHILLONLAW.COM | 7035741654 |
| Party name: The National Association for Gun Rights and The National Foundation for Gun Rights | ||
| Thomas Ryan McCarthy Counsel of Record | Consovoy McCarthy PLLC 1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700 Arlington, VA 22209 TOM@CONSOVOYMCCARTHY.COM | 7032439423 |
| Party name: The Second Amendment Foundation | ||
| Erin E. Murphy Counsel of Record | Clement & Murphy, PLLC 706 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 ERIN.MURPHY@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM | (202) 742-8900 |
| Party name: National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. | ||
| Stephen Joseph Obermeier Counsel of Record | Wiley Rein LLP 2050 M Street NW Washington, DC 20036 SOBERMEIER@WILEY.LAW | 2027197000 |
| Party name: The Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc.; Hill Country Class 3, LLC d/b/a Silencer Shop; NST Global, LLC d/b/a SB Tactical; and Palmetto State Armory, LLC | ||
| William Jeffrey Olson Counsel of Record | William J. Olson, P.C. 370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4 Vienna, VA 22180 WJO@MINDSPRING.COM | 7033565070 |
| Party name: Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. | ||
| John Joseph Park Jr. Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jack Park P.O. Box 3073 Gainesville, GA 30503 jackparklaw@gmail.com | 678-608-1920 |
| Party name: The American Constitutional Rights Union and LTC Allen West (Ret) | ||
| John Joseph Park Jr. Counsel of Record | Law Offices of Jack Park P.O. Box 3073 Gainesville, GA 30503 jackparklaw@gmail.com | 678-608-1920 |
| Party name: The American Constitutional Union and LTC Allen West (Ret) | ||
| David H. Thompson Counsel of Record | Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM | 202-220-9600 |
| Party name: Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. | ||
| David H. Thompson Counsel of Record | Cooper & Kirk, PLLC 1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM | 202-220-9600 |
| Party name: Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc. and FPC Action Foundation | ||
| Peter Martin Torstensen Jr. Counsel of Record | Montana Attorney General's Office 215 North Sanders Street Helena, MT 59601 PETER.TORSTENSEN@MT.GOV | 406-444-2026 |
| Party name: State of Montana | ||
| David Christian Tryon Counsel of Record | The Buckeye Institute 88 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215 d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org | 6142244422 |
| Party name: The Buckeye Institute and Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms | ||
| David Alan Warrington Counsel of Record | Dhillon Law Group, Inc. 2121 Eisenhower Avenue Suite 608 Alexandria, VA 22314 dwarrington@dhillonlaw.com | 7035741206 |
| Party name: National Association for Gun Rights and the National Foundation for Gun Rights | ||