Decided

No. 07-290

District of Columbia, et al. v. Dick Anthony Heller

from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

See other cases from the District of Columbia Circuit.

Docket Entries

Acknowledgement of receipt (07/28/08) of judgment from Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit received.

Record returned to the U.S.C.A. for the District of Columbia Circuit.

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Breyer, J., file

Argued. For petitioners: Walter Dellinger, Washington, D.C. For United States as amicus curiae: Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. For respondent: Alan Gura, Alexandria, Va.

Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Wisconsin GRANTED. (orders list)

Letter, dated March 12, 2008, received from counsel for the petitioners. (Distributed).

Reply of petitioners District of Columbia, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Motion for leave to file amicus brief out of time filed by Wisconsin. (Distributed)

Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument, and, in the alternative, for enlargement of time for oral argument DENIED. (orders list)

Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED. (orders list)

Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Justice filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Center for Individual Freedom filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Academics for the Second Amendent filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Goldwater Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Former Senior Officials of Department of Justice filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Joseph B. Scarnati, III filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Motion of Texas, et al. for leave to participate in oral argument as amici curiae and for divided argument, and, in the alternative, for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.

Motion of the Solicitor General for enlargement of time for oral argument, for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Bruce L. Benson, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of State Firearm Associations filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of International Scholars filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Organizations and Scholars Correcting Myths and Misrepresentations etc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Jeanette M. Moll, Ohio Concealed Carry Permitholders, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Heartland Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Retired Military Officers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Maricopa County Attorney's Office, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Paragon Foundation, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Cato Institute, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Grass Roots of South Carolina, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Pink Pistols and Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of 126 Women State Legislators and Academics filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp, D.C., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Virginia1774.org filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of 55 Members of United States Senate, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Free Expression filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Disabled Veterans for Self-Defense and Kestra Childers filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Alaska Outdoor Council, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Buckeye Firearms Foundation LLC, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Criminologists, Social Scientists, Other Distinguished Scholars, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Libertarian National Committee, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Rifle Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Rutherford Institute filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Congress of Racial Equality filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondent Dick Anthony Heller filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Legislative Exchange Council filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Record from the U.S.D.C. for the District of Columbia Circuit is electronically filed.

Record received from the U.S.C.A. for the D.C. Circuit. (1 box)

SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Brief amici curiae of Jack N. Rakove, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of City of Chicago, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of District Attorneys filed.

Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Professors of Criminal Justice filed.

Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.

Brief amici curiae of Former Department of Justice Officials filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Adam Winkler filed.

Brief amici curiae of Major American Cities, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Violence Policy Center, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Professors of Linguistics and English Dennis E. Baron, Richard W. Bailey, and Jeffrey P. Kaplan filed.

Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Members of Congress filed.

Letter from counsel for the petitioners proposing a Lodging of Council Session Transcripts as legislative history of the laws at issue, and copies of local municipal laws regulating the firing of guns in the 19th Century as history of regulation of firear

Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received.)

Brief of petitioners District of Columbia, et al. filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either party only, conditioned on a seven day written notice to counsel for respondent, received from counsel for the respondent.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs in support of either or neither party, conditioned on a seven day written notice to counsel for petitioners, received from counsel for the petitioners.

Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the following provisions - D.C. Code ยงยง 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), and 7-2507.02 - violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, b (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2007.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 9, 2007.

Reply of petitioners District of Columbia, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of New York, Hawaii, Illinois, and Maryland filed.

Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed.

Brief of respondent Dick Anthony Heller in opposition filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party received from counsel for respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either or neither party received from counsel for petitioners.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 5, 2007)

Application (07A51) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until September 5, 2007.

Application (07A51) to extend the time to file a petition for writ of certiorari from August 6, 2007 to September 5, 2007, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Parties

District of Columbia, et al., Petitioner, represented by Todd S. Kim

District of Columbia, et al., Petitioner, represented by Walter Dellinger

Dick Anthony Heller, Respondent, represented by Alan Gura

Amici Curiae

126 Women State Legislators and Academics, Amicus Curiae, represented by M. Carol Bambery

55 Members of United States Senate, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen P. Halbrook

Academics for the Second Amendent, Amicus Curiae, represented by David T. Hardy

Alaska Outdoor Council, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jack Brian McGee

American Acdemy of Pediatrics, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Bert H. Deixler

American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by William H Neukom

American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow

American Civil Rights Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by Peter J. Ferrara

American Jewish Committee, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey A. Lamken

American Legislative Exchange Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Dowlut

American Public Health Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Alison M. Tucher

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Schlafly

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan G. Cedarbaum

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John A. Payton

Bruce L. Benson, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard E. Gardiner

Buckeye Firearms Foundation LLC, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by L. Kenneth Hanson

Cato Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Kevin Marshall

Center for Individual Freedom, Amicus Curiae, represented by Renee L. Giachino

City of Chicago, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew L. Frey

Congress of Racial Equality, Amicus Curiae, represented by Stefan Bijan Tahmassebi

Criminologists, Social Scientists, Other Distinguished Scholars, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Marc James Ayers

DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, et al. , Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan S. Franklin

Disabled Veterans for Self-Defense and Kestra Childers, Amicus Curiae, represented by James H. Warner

District Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alexis S. Coll - Very

Dr. Surzanna Gratia Hupp, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kelly J. Shackelford

Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas G. Smith

Former Department of Justice Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert A. Long Jr.

Former Senior Officials of Department of Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles J. Cooper

Foundation for Free Expression, Amicus Curiae, represented by Deborah Dewart

Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory M. Jones

GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by John R. Monroe

Goldwater Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bradford A. Berenson

Grass Roots of South Carolina, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Jeffords Barham

Gun Owners of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Herbert W. Titus

Heartland Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard K. Willard

Institute for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erik S. Jaffe

International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Kopel

International Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by James R. Schaller

Jack N. Rakove, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Carl T. Bogus

Jeanette M. Moll, Ohio Concealed Carry Permitholders, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeanette M. Moll

Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership , Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel L. Schmutter

Law Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Adam Winkler, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erwin Chemerinsky

Libertarian National Committee, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert L. Barr Jr.

Major American Cities, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey L. Bleich

Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Phillip Charrow

Maricopa County Attorney's Office, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daryl Manhart

Members of Congress, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott E. Gant

Mountain States Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Perry Pendley

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Victor A. Bolden

National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce D. Sokler

National Rifle Association , et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen D. Poss

National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence G. Keane

New York, Hawaii, Illinois, and Maryland, Amicus Curiae, represented by Barbara D. Underwood

Organizations and Scholars Correcting Myths and Misrepresentations etc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey B. Teichert

Paragon Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul M. Kienzle III

Pink Pistols and Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael B. Minton

President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Joseph B. Scarnati, III, Amicus Curiae, represented by John P. Krill Jr.

Professors of Criminal Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Albert William Wallis

Professors of Linguistics and English Dennis E. Baron, Richard W. Bailey, and Jeffrey P. Kaplan, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles M. Dyke

Retired Military Officers, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew G. McBride

Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by John W. Whitehead

Second Amendment Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nelson Lund

Southeastern Legal Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Shannon Lee Goessling

State Firearm Associations, Amicus Curiae, represented by David J. Schenck

Texas, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by R. Ted Cruz

United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Gregory G. Garre

Violence Policy Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel G. Jarcho

Virginia1774.org, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard E. Hill Jr.

Wisconsin, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher G. Wren

 
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