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Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Thomas, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., joined. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Letter of amicus curiae Commonwealth of Virginia notifying the Court of the Commonwealth’s change in position filed (Revised letter of 2/18/22). (Distributed)
Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C. For respondents: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, New York, N. Y.; and Brian H. Fletcher, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.)
The time for oral argument is allotted as follows: 35 minutes for petitioners, 20 minutes for respondents, and 15 minutes for the Acting Solicitor General.
Reply of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.
Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by Criminal Legal Scholars GRANTED.
Motion for leave to file amici brief out of time filed by Criminal Legal Scholars.
Amicus brief of The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and 35 Other Organizations not accepted for filing. (September 29, 2021 - Corrected version submitted).
Brief amicus curiae of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
Amicus brief of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence not accepted for filing. (Compliant PDF version submitted October 25, 2021)
Brief amici curiae of Social Scientists and Public Health Researchers in Support of Respondents filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Violence Policy Center filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of States of California, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Motion of the Acting Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Everytown for Gun Safety filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of United States filed. (Distributed)
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Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and 35 Other Organizations filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of John Elson filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of United States Senators Charles E. Schumer, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Corpus Linguistics Professors and Experts filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of The Partnership for New York City filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Members of the Business Community filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Crime Commission of New York City filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of City of Chicago and Eleven Other Cities filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Brady filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of March For Our Lives Action Fund filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former National Security Officials filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of New York County Lawyers Association filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Professors of History and Law filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of American Medical Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of City of New York filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. and National Urban League filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of Americans Against Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Former Major City Police Chiefs filed. (Distributed)
Brief amicus curiae of League of Women Voters filed. (Distributed)
Brief amici curiae of Amnesty International USA, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents Kevin P. Bruen, et al. filed.
Brief of Kevin P. Bruen, et al. not accepted for filing. (September 15, 2021)
Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed.
Brief amici curiae of J. Michael Luttig, et al. filed.
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
The record from the U.S.D.C. Northern District of New York has been electronically filed.
The record from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit has been electronically filed.
ARGUMENT SET FOR Wednesday, November 3, 2021.
Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Foundation, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Black Attorneys of Legal Aid, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Crime Prevention Research Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of Professors Robert Leider and Nelson Lund, and the Buckeye Firearms Association filed.
Brief amici curiae of United States Senator Ted Cruz, and 24 Other U.S. Senators filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The League for Sportsmen, Law Enforcement and Defense filed.
Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Law Professors in support of neither party filed.
Brief amicus curiae of California Gun Rights Foundation filed.
Brief amicus curiae of NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Independent Women's Law Center filed.
Brief amici curiae of The Firearms Policy Coalition and Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Goldwater Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Madison Society Foundation, Inc. filed.
Brief amici curiae of FPC American Victory Fund, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association filed.
Brief amici curiae of Black Guns Matter, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of National Foundation for Gun Rights and National Association for Gun Rights filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Cato Institute filed.
Brief amici curiae of Center for Defense of Free Enterprise, et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Lambert Henry, Russell Davenport, and Peter Fusco filed.
Brief amici curiae of William English, Ph.D. and The Center for Human Liberty filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, and Heller Foundation filed.
Brief amici curiae of California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated and Second Amendment Law Center, Inc filed.
Brief amici curiae of The Liberal Gun Club and Commonwealth Second Amendment filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Center for Law and Justice filed.
Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Groups and State and Local Firearms Rights Groups filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Governor of Texas filed.
Brief amici curiae of State of Arizona, et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Independent Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of American Constitutional Rights Union filed.
Brief amicus curiae of J. Joel Alicea filed.
Brief amici curiae of Representative Claudia Tenney and 175 Additional Members of the U.S. House of Representatives filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Patrick J. Charles in support of neither party filed.
Brief amici curiae of The DC Project Foundation; Operation Blazing Sword—Pink Pistols; Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership filed.
Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
Brief amicus curiae of George K. Young Jr. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of National African American Gun Association, Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms filed.
Brief amici curiae of Italo-American Jurists and Attorneys filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
Brief amici curiae of Bay Colony Weapons Collectors, Inc. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al. filed.
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed)
Brief of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Alabama Center for Law and Liberty filed.
Motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 13, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is further extended to and including September 14, 2021.
Motion for an further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al.
Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including July 2, 2021. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 23, 2021.
Motion for an extension of time file the briefs on the merits filed.
Petition GRANTED limited to the following question: Whether the State's denial of petitioners' applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.
Reply of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Brief of respondents Keith M. Corlett, et al. in opposition filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed. (Brief corrected 3/1/21)
Brief amici curiae of Law Enforcement Groups and State and Local Firearms Rights Groups filed.
Brief amicus curiae of Korte Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Korte Tree Care filed.
Brief amici curiae of State of Missouri.et al. filed.
Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Coalition and Firearms Policy Foundation filed.
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 22, 2021.
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 22, 2021 to February 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 22, 2021)
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al., Petitioner, represented by Paul D. Clement
Kevin P. Bruen, et al., Respondent, represented by Barbara Dale Underwood
A Girl & A Gun Women's Shooting League, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Shae Goldstein
Alabama Center for Law and Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew James Clark
American Bar Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Reginald M. Turner Jr.
American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jay Alan Sekulow
American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by Perry Maxwell Grossman
American Constitutional Rights Union, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Joseph Park Jr.
American Medical Association, Medical Society of The State of New York, American Academy of Pediatrics, and American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael John Dell
Americans Against Gun Violence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Patrick Steve Loi
Amnesty International USA, Amicus Curiae, represented by Aaron Xavier Fellmeth
Armed Equality, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Shae Goldstein
Asian Pacific American Gun Owners Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elbert Lin
Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel L. Schmutter
Bay Colony Weapons Collectors, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Dowlut
Black Attorneys of Legal Aid, The Bronx Defenders, Brooklyn Defender Services, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Avinash Nitin Samarth
Black Guns Matter, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Shae Goldstein
Brady, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rukesh A Korde
California Gun Rights Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Erik S. Jaffe
California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated and Second Amendment Law Center, Inc, Amicus Curiae, represented by C. D. Michel
Center for Defense of Free Enterprise, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jerad Wayne Najvar
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bradley Alan Benbrook
Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, Amicus Curiae, represented by Harry Sandick
City of Chicago and Eleven Other Cities, Amicus Curiae, represented by John J. Korzen
City of New York, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Paul Dearing
Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Amicus Curiae, represented by John C. Eastman
Commonwealth of Virginia, Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew Nathan Ferguson
Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by David D. Jensen
Corpus Linguistics Professors and Experts, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian Robert Matsui
Crime Prevention Research Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven W. Dulan
Criminal Legal Scholars, Amicus Curiae, represented by Matthew Eric Sloan
Everytown for Gun Safety, Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan Ellis Taylor
Former National Security Officials, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary B. McCord
FPC American Victory Fund, Coalition of New Jersey Firearms Owners, San Diego County Gun Owners, Orange County Gun Owners, Riverside County Gun Owners, California County Gun Owners, and Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by David T. Hardy
George K. Young, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Alexander Beck
Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Joshua Adam Matz
Governor of Texas, Amicus Curiae, represented by James Patrick Sullivan
Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, and Heller Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by William Jeffrey Olson
Independent Women's Law Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Reeves Jr.
Italo-American Jurists and Attorneys, Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Anne Gervase
J. Joel Alicea, Amicus Curiae, represented by John David Ohlendorf
J. Michael Luttig, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard Douglas Bernstein
John Elson, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Elson
Korte Enterprises, LLC, d/b/a Korte Tree Care, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Reeves Jr.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Ana Cecilia Reyes
Lambert Henry, Russell Davenport, and Peter Fusco, Amicus Curiae, represented by Steven M. Lester
Law Enforcement Groups and State and Local Firearms Rights Groups, Amicus Curiae, represented by Dan Mark Peterson
League of Womens Voter, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam Scott Gershenson
League of Women Voters, Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam Scott Gershenson
Madison Society Foundation, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Adam Jeremy Kraut
Major City Police Chiefs, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lee S. Richards III
March For Our Lives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ira M. Feinberg
Members of the Business Community, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Edelman
Mountain States Legal Foundation's Center to Keep and Bear Arms, Amicus Curiae, represented by Cody James Wisniewski
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. and National Urban League, Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Spital
National African American Gun Association, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Porter Halbrook
National Foundation for Gun Rights and National Association for Gun Rights, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Alan Warrington
National League of Cities et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawrence Rosenthal
National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jonathan F. Mitchell
Neal Goldfarb, Amicus Curiae, represented by Neal Goldfarb
New York County Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Benjamin Gross Shatz
NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund, Amicus Curiae, represented by Taylor Ann Rausch Meehan
Patrick J. Charles, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Michael Grenfell
Presiding Bishop and President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church; et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey S. Trachtman
Professors of History and Law, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mark D. Selwyn
Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee
Professors Robert Leider and Nelson Lund, and the Buckeye Firearms Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Derek Andrew DeBrosse
Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, Amicus Curiae, represented by Antonio Jorge Perez-Marques
Representative Claudia Tenney and 175 Additional Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae, represented by Brian David Schmalzbach
Second Amendment Foundation, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by David H. Thompson
Second Amendment Law Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Social Scientists and Public Health Researchers in Support of Respondents, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth Vicens
State of Arizona, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Drew Curtis Ensign
State of Missouri, Amicus Curiae, represented by D. John Sauer
States of California, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Samuel Passchier Siegel
The Buckeye Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Larry James Obhof Jr.
The Cato Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Ilya Shapiro
The DC Project Foundation; Operation Blazing Sword—Pink Pistols; Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Amicus Curiae, represented by Charles Randall Flores
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence and 35 Other Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Nicole A. Saharsky
The Firearms Policy Coalition and Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm, Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott A. Keller
The Goldwater Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Camden Robert Webb
The Independent Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Edward Mark Wenger
The League for Sportsmen, Law Enforcement, and Defense, Amicus Curiae, represented by Christopher Michael Day
THE LEAGUE FOR SPORTSMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEFENSE, Amicus Curiae, represented by Earl Neville Mayfield III
The Liberal Gun Club and Commonwealth Second Amendment, Amicus Curiae, represented by David D. Jensen
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Douglas A. Winthrop
The Partnership for New York City, Amicus Curiae, represented by Julia Tarver-Mason Wood
The Rutherford Institute, Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael J. Lockerby
United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by Elizabeth B. Prelogar
United States Senators Charles E. Schumer, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Stephen Blake Kinnaird
United States Senator Ted Cruz, and 24 Other U.S. Senators, Amicus Curiae, represented by H. Christopher Bartolomucci
Violence Policy Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by David Morris Gossett
William English, Ph.D. and The Center for Human Liberty, Amicus Curiae, represented by Philip Daniel Williamson