Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment · ¶74

Mexico's allegations failed to clear that high bar. To start, Mexico did not allege that the gun manufacturers had treated unlawful actors any differently from lawful actors. 605 U. S., at 295. Mexico also failed to account for the fact that gun manufacturers sold the guns to middlemen distributors, whom the manufacturers did not control, who then sold the guns to illicit dealers. Id., at 295–296. Even if the gun manufacturers knew everything the distributors did, the Court continued, Mexico failed to allege plausibly that the manufacturers knew, or even could learn, which dealers were selling guns to the cartels. Id., at 296–297. Without that knowledge, or further evidence of the manufacturers' intent, the Court held that Mexico's allegations did not satisfy the standards necessary to impose aiding and abetting on the manufacturers because those allegations did not plausibly show that…

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