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National Association for Gun Rights v. City of Naperville, Illinois

Petition for certiorari denied on July 2, 2024
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
23-880 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2023

Issues: (1) Whether the state of Illinois’s ban of certain handguns is constitutional in light of the holding in District of Columbia v. Heller that handgun bans are categorically unconstitutional; (2) whether the “in common use” test announced in Heller is hopelessly circular and therefore unworkable; and (3) whether the government can ban the sale, purchase, and possession of certain semi-automatic firearms and firearm magazines that are possessed by millions of law-abiding Americans for lawful purposes when there is no analogous Founding-era regulation.

DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Feb 12 2024Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 18, 2024)
Mar 05 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 18, 2024 to April 15, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Mar 06 2024Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 15, 2024, for all respondents.
Mar 15 2024Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed. VIDED.
Apr 15 2024Brief of respondents Illinois, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
Apr 15 2024Brief of Cook County Respondents in opposition filed. VIDED.
Apr 25 2024Reply of petitioners National Association for Gun Rights, et al. filed.
Apr 30 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
May 20 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/23/2024.
May 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/30/2024.
Jun 03 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2024.
Jun 10 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2024.
Jun 17 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2024.
Jun 28 2024DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/1/2024.
Jul 02 2024Petition DENIED. Justice Alito would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Statement of Justice Thomas. (Detached Opinion)