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Nathan Ernest Hatch v. State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Metropolitan Airports Commission
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A20-0176 · judgment August 4, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
I. WHETHER, BECAUSE, AS DECLARED BY JUSTICE SCALIA THAT OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS ARE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT NEEDS TO DECLARE THAT A STATE STATUTE THAT INFRINGES UPON A UNITED STATES CITIZEN’S SECOND AMENDMENT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS MUST BE SUBJECTED TO A STRICT SCRUTINY ANALYSIS? II. WHETHER THE MINNESOTA CARRY PERMIT REQUIREMENT STATUTE THAT IMPOSES A GROSS MISDEMEANOR OR FELONY LEVEL PUNISHMENT FOR PURE SECOND AMENDMENT BEHAVIOR MUST B E S T R U C K D O W N A S UNCONSTITUTIONAL? III. WHETHER UNDER MINNESOTA LAW, THE MINNESOTA CARRY PERMIT REQUIREMENT STATUTE MUST BE SUBJECTED TO A STRICT SCRUTINY ANALYSIS?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Lynne Torgerson
For respondent
Christopher Paul Renz
Chestnut Cambronne, PA
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, January 10, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 22 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 03 2021Brief of respondent State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Airport Commission in opposition filed.
- Nov 19 2021Notice of Docketing of Nathan Hatch not accepted for filing. (November 29, 2021 -- Document not of type that is to be electronically filed)
- Nov 01 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2021)