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National Rifle Association v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2014.

Docket No.13-137
Op. Below5th Cir.
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Issue

Whether a nationwide, class-based, categorical ban on meaningful access to the quintessential means to exercise the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense can be reconciled with the Second Amendment, the equal protection guarantee, and this Court"s precedents.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Jul 29, 2013
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2013)
Aug 20, 2013
Order extending time to file response to petition to and including September 30, 2013.
Aug 21, 2013
Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
Aug 30, 2013
Brief amici curiae of Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, et al. filed.
Aug 30, 2013
Brief amicus curiae of Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. filed.
Aug 30, 2013
Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
Aug 30, 2013
Brief amici curiae of Alabama and 21 Other States filed.
Sep 19, 2013
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including October 30, 2013.
Oct 18, 2013
Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including November 13, 2013.
Nov 13, 2013
Brief of respondents Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, et al. in opposition filed.
Dec 3, 2013
Reply of petitioners National Rifle Association, et al. filed.
Feb 5, 2014
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.
Feb 14, 2014
Supplemental brief of petitioners National Rifle Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 24, 2014
Petition DENIED.

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