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The Supreme Court overturned the dismissal of a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association accusing New York state officials of blacklisting the organization in violation of the First Amendment.In 2018, the NRA sued Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services, alleging that the state official unlawfully wielded regulatory power to cut the organization off from financial institutions.
The decision means the NRA may continue to pursue its lawsuit against a New York official who urged banks and insurance companies to cut ties with the gun rights group following the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 people dead.The U.S.
The justices, in a 9-0 decision authored by liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, threw out a lower court's ruling that had dismissed the NRA's 2018 lawsuit against Maria Vullo, a former superintendent of New York's Department of Financial Services.
In a unanimous decision written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court"holds that the NRA plausibly alleged that Vullo violated the First Amendment by coercing DFS-regulated entities to terminate their business relationships with the NRA in order to punish or suppress the NRA’s advocacy."
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