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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


Certiorari denied · January 10, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 10 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 22 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
  3. Dec 03 2021
    Brief of respondent State of Minnesota, City of Minneapolis Airport Commission in opposition filed.
  4. Nov 19 2021
    Notice of Docketing of Nathan Hatch not accepted for filing. (November 29, 2021 -- Document not of type that is to be electronically filed)
  5. Nov 01 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 6, 2021)