The Supreme Court took up several cases Friday ahead of its new term, including a bid by gun companies to evade a lawsuit filed by the Mexican government and a straight woman's claim of sex discrimination at the hands of LGBT colleagues.

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider a bid by U.S. gun makers to end a lawsuit from the Mexican government seeking to hold them liable for violence committed by drug cartels. The dispute will be argued in the court's next term,

The US Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law prevents Mexico from suing gun distributors for allegedly facilitating the flow of firearms to drug cartels.

The US Supreme Court will consider tossing out a lawsuit filed in an American court by the Mexican government accusing Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. of facilitating firearm sales to people connected to the country’s violent drug cartels.