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Jeremy W. Langley, et al. v. Brendan F. Kelly, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 23-1827 · judgment November 3, 2023
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Is the State of Illinois’ absolute ban of certain commonly owned semi-automatic handguns constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that handgun bans are categorially unconstitutional?
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Is the State of Illinois’ absolute ban of all commonly owned semi-automatic handgun magazines over 15 rounds constitutional in light of the holding in D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that handgun bans are categorially unconstitutional?
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Can the government ban the sale, purchase, possession and carriage of certain commonly owned semi-automatic rifles, pistols, shotguns and standard capacity firearm magazines tens of millions of which are possessed by law-abiding Americans for lawful purposes when there is no analogous historical ban as required by D.C. v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), and New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
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For respondent
Jane Elinor Notz
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
Proceedings
- Jul 02 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Statement of Justice Thomas. (Detached Opinion)
- Jun 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
- Jun 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
- Jun 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
- Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
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- May 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
- Apr 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
- Apr 15 2024Brief of respondents Illinois, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
- Apr 15 2024Brief of Cook County Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED.
- Mar 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.
- Mar 06 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 15, 2024, for all respondents.
- Mar 05 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 1, 2024 to April 15, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
- Feb 23 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2024)