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Wilson v. Cook County, Illinois

Petition for certiorari denied on June 15, 2020

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
19-704 7th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2019

Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment allows a local government to prohibit law-abiding residents from possessing and protecting themselves and their families with a class of rifles and ammunition magazines that are "in common use at [this] time" and are not "dangerous and unusual"; and (2) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit"s method of analyzing Second Amendment issues " a three-part test that asks whether a regulation bans (1) weapons that were common at the time of ratification or (2) those that have some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia and (3) whether law-abiding citizens retain adequate means of self-defense " is consistent with the Supreme Court"s holding in District of Columbia v. Heller.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
11/27/2019Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)
12/16/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2020 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
12/18/2019Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020.
01/02/2020Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. filed.
02/03/2020Brief of respondents Cook County, et al. in opposition filed.
02/17/2020Reply of petitioners Matthew D. Wilson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
02/19/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
04/27/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
05/11/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
05/18/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
05/22/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
06/01/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
06/08/2020DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
06/15/2020Petition DENIED.