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National Rifle Association of America v. McCraw

Petition for certiorari denied on February 24, 2014

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
13-390 5th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2013

Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms for self-defense in case of confrontation includes the right to bear arms in public; (2) Whether that right to bear arms extends to responsible, law-abiding eighteen- to twenty-year-old adults; and (3) whether Texas"s ban on responsible, lawabiding eighteen- to twenty-year-old adults bearing handguns in public for self-defense violates the Second Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
09/24/2013Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 28, 2013)
11/12/2013DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 26, 2013.
11/19/2013Response Requested . (Due December 19, 2013)
12/09/2013Order extending time to file response to petition to and including January 21, 2014.
01/21/2014Brief of respondent Steven C. McCraw, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety in opposition filed.
02/03/2014Reply of petitioner National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed.
02/05/2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 21, 2014.
02/14/2014Supplemental brief of petitioner National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
02/24/2014Petition DENIED.