Kachalsky v. Cacace
Petition for certiorari denied on April 15, 2013
Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry handguns for self-defense outside the home; and (2) whether state officials violate the Second Amendment by denying handgun carry licenses to responsible, law-abiding adults for lack of “proper cause” to bear arms for self-defense.
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| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jan 8 2013 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2013) |
| Jan 11 2013 | Consent to the fiing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners. |
| Jan 31 2013 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 13, 2013, for all respondents. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, et al. filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amici curiae of S.C.O.P.E., Inc., et al. filed. |
| Feb 11 2013 | Brief amicus curiae of Academics for the Second Amendment filed. |
| Mar 6 2013 | Waiver of right of respondent County of Westchester to respond filed. |
| Mar 13 2013 | Brief of respondents Susan Cacace, et al. in opposition filed. |
| Mar 26 2013 | Reply of petitioners Alan Kachalsky, et al. filed. |
| Mar 27 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013. |
| Apr 15 2013 | Petition DENIED. |
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