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SMITH & WESSON BRANDS, INC., ET AL. v. ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

No. 23–1141. Argued March 4, 2025—Decided June 5, 2025 The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) bars certain lawsuits against manufacturers and sellers of firearms. As relevant, it provides that a “qualified civil liability action . . . may not be brought in any Federal or State court,” 15 U. S. C. §7902(a), and defines that term to include a “civil action or proceeding” against a firearms man- ufacturer or seller stemming from “the criminal or unlawful misuse”