In re Academy, Ltd. (Opinion)
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The Supreme Court conditionally granted Academy Sports + Outdoors' petition for writ of mandamus arguing that the federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) required dismissal of the underlying suits, holding that the PLCAA barred the lawsuits and protected Academy from continued participation in litigation.
Plaintiffs - victims of the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting and their families - brought lawsuits against the retailer from which the perpetrator purchased the weapon used in the shooting. Academy filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the PLCAA barred Plaintiffs' suits. The trial court denied the motion. Academy then filed a petition for writ of mandamus. The Supreme Court granted mandamus relief, holding (1) summary judgment was wrongly denied because the underlying lawsuits were qualified civil liability actions that the PLCAA barred as a matter of law; and (2) Academy, who was entitled to summary judgment, lacked an adequate remedy on appeal.
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