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John E. Cassidy v. Massachusetts
Paid petition · Appeals Court of Massachusetts, No. 2023-P-0517 · judgment March 4, 2024
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
John Cassidy legally purchased common firearms in Texas and carried them to Massachusetts as part of his move to the state in 2010.
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What type of‘Arms’ are protected by the Second Amendment when a state’s multi-level firearm licensing scheme attaches criminal liability for in home possession by a qualified but unlicensed individual?
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Can a law-abiding citizen who lawfully owns firearms in one state carry those arms to another state as part of a change in residence and as a new resident be convicted for their ‘newly unlicensed conduct’ by way of their continued possession of firearms inside their new home?
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Does a state’s multi-level firearm licensing scheme violate the Second Amendment when that scheme requires a license to carry to merely possess common firearms in one’s home and punishes all without a carrying license with a felony, mandatory jailtime, and a lifetime ban on constitutionally protected conduct?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
John E. Cassidy
For respondent
Thomas Edward Bocian
Office of the Massachusetts Attorney General
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 07 2024Petition DENIED.
- Aug 14 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
- Aug 12 2024Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
- Jul 17 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2024)