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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


2%
estimated cert probability
(petition-stage, structural)
Conference-stage estimate: 9%
GVR risk 2%

Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

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

Conference history
Distributed for 23 conferences

Amicus briefs
4 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Aug 03 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed.
  2. Jun 29 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2026.
  3. Jun 22 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
  4. Jun 15 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
  5. Jun 08 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2026.
  6. Jun 01 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2026.
  7. May 26 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2026.
  8. May 18 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2026.
  9. May 11 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/14/2026.
  10. Apr 27 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2026.
  11. Apr 23 2026
    Supplemental Brief of Washington submitted.
  12. Apr 20 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/24/2026.
  13. Apr 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2026.
  14. Mar 30 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/2/2026.
  15. Mar 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/27/2026.
  16. Mar 16 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
  17. Mar 11 2026
    Supplemental brief of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed.
  18. Mar 02 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2026.
  19. Feb 23 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/27/2026.
  20. Feb 13 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  21. Jan 20 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
  22. Jan 12 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
  23. Jan 05 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  24. Dec 08 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
  25. Nov 18 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
  26. Nov 18 2025
    Reply of petitioners Gator's Custom Guns, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
  27. Oct 31 2025
    Brief of respondent Washington in opposition filed.
  28. Sep 11 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 31, 2025.
  29. Sep 09 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 6, 2025 to October 31, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  30. Sep 08 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of National Association for Gun Rights filed.
  31. Sep 08 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
  32. Sep 08 2025
    Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America filed.
  33. Sep 08 2025
    Brief amici curiae of States of Montana, et al. filed.
  34. Sep 04 2025
    Response Requested. (Due October 6, 2025)
  35. Sep 03 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  36. Aug 28 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Washington to respond filed.
  37. Aug 06 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 8, 2025)