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Over a dozen companies in the firearms industry asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to throw out a lawsuit over a 2022 shooting.<\/p>\n

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The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C. said in an April 2022 release that Raymond Spencer fired over 200 rounds from an apartment in the direction of a school, wounding four people before he committed suicide. One of the victims, Karen Lowy, who was wounded while picking up her 13-year-old daughter from school, sued firearms industry establishments over the incident. (RELATED: Legendary Self-Defense Expert Outlines How Using A Knife For Self-Defense Affects You In Court)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLowy and her daughter filed a lawsuit seeking compensation for the physical and emotional injuries Spencer visited upon them,\u201d the companies argued in their to the Supreme Court filed by noted Second Amendment attorney Erin Murphy. \u201cBut they sought that recompense from parties that had no involvement in Spencer\u2019s shooting spree: They named as defendants more than a dozen manufacturers of legal and widely owned firearms and related products, covering anyone who manufactures a firearm or related product that Spencer purchased.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) petitioned the Supreme Court to file an amicus brief. NSSF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

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While a federal district judge tossed the lawsuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit sided with Lowy, prompting the companies to appeal, citing a conflict with three other federal appellate courts.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits all hold that when a third party not before the court directly caused the plaintiff\u2019s injuries, Article III requires the plaintiff to show that the defendant\u2019s challenged conduct had a determinative or coercive effect on that third party,\u201d the companies\u2019 petition said. \u201cThe Fourth Circuit expressly rejected that standard here, joining the Second Circuit in holding that traceability is satisfied in such cases so long as a plaintiff plausibly alleges that the defendants\u2019 conduct had some kind of \u2018predictable effect\u2019 on the individual who actually injured them. And since the decision below came down, the Ninth Circuit has cast its lot with the latter group.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is thus now a 3-3 split on the appropriate standard for determining whether traceability is satisfied in cases where someone other than the defendant bears direct responsibility for the plaintiff\u2019s injuries,\u201d the petition continues.<\/p>\n

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Murphy did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n

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