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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
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
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, October 7, 2024 · Certiorari denied
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)