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Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. v. Washington
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Washington, No. 102940-3 · judgment May 8, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
About 2.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weights this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a circuit split argued in the petition, and a petition citing more than ten dissents, and down for a state or local-government respondent.
Question presented
Whether ammunition feeding devices with the capacity to hold more than ten rounds are “Arms” presumptively entitled to constitutional protection under the plain text of the Second Amendment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Erin E. Murphy
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
For respondent
Andrew Russell Wenderoff Hughes
Washington State Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 23 conferences
Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Aug 03 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed.
- Jun 29 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
- Jun 22 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- Jun 15 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- Jun 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
- Jun 01 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
- May 26 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
- May 18 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
- May 11 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
- Apr 27 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
- Apr 23 2026Supplemental Brief of Washington submitted.
- Apr 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
- Apr 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
- Mar 30 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
- Mar 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
- Mar 16 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Mar 11 2026Supplemental brief of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed.
- Mar 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
- Feb 23 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
- Feb 13 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
- Jan 20 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
- Jan 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
- Jan 05 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Dec 08 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
- Nov 18 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 18 2025Reply of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Oct 31 2025Brief of respondent Washington in opposition filed.
- Sep 11 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 31, 2025.
- Sep 09 2025Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to October 31, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
- Sep 08 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Gun Rights filed.
- Sep 08 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
- Sep 08 2025Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America filed.
- Sep 08 2025Brief amici curiae of States of Montana, et al. filed.
- Sep 04 2025Response Requested. (Due October 6, 2025)
- Sep 03 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Aug 28 2025Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
- Aug 06 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2025)