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Gary Dressler v. Bradford Rice, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 17-3850 · judgment June 28, 2018
Before the decision, roughly the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a dissent in the court below (flagged in the petition), and a Sixth Circuit decision below.
Question presented
Question I – Is an individual’s Second Amendment right to bear arms violated when he is told by a security guard he cannot open carry in a store and is arrested by police officers, when the State of Ohio has passed a law (O.R.C. §9.68) that declares the individual right to keep and bear arms is a constitutionally protected right in every part of Ohio and permits a person to open carry a firearm in any part of the state, except as specifically provided by law? Question II – Does probable cause exist to arrest an individual so as to entitle police officers qualified immunity, when the individual is a business invitee and legally open carrying a firearm, and when the police are shown that there is no sign prohibiting the individual from open carrying in the business? Question III – Can summary judgment be granted, when the facts show a conspiracy exists, when a private party gives false information to the police about a sign prohibiting firearms in a store, when that information is shown by a customer to the police to be false, and the security guard demands the police to arrest the customer, who is legally open carrying a firearm?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Charles E. McFarland
For respondent
Marva Kinley Benjamin
City of Cincinnati Solicitor's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 07 2019Petition DENIED.
- Dec 19 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
- Dec 06 2018Waiver of right of respondents Safe Environment Business Solutions, Inc. and Bradfrod Rice to respond filed.
- Dec 03 2018Waiver of right of respondents The Kroger Co., Kroger Limited Partnership I, Larry Noschang and Pierce Bryant to respond filed.
- Dec 03 2018Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Zucker, Jerry W. Hodges, Interim Police Chief Paul H. Humphries, unknown John/Jane Does and City of Cincinnati to respond filed.
- Nov 28 2018Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Blackwell to respond filed.
- Nov 02 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2018)