Wilson v. Cook County, Illinois
Petition for certiorari denied on June 15, 2020
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.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- After long wait, court spurns gun-rights challenges (Amy Howe, June 15, 2020)
- Sequel Watch (John Elwood, June 10, 2020)
- Relist Watch (John Elwood, June 3, 2020)
- Relist Watch: Looking for the living among the dead (John Elwood, May 27, 2020)
- Status Quo Watch (John Elwood, May 19, 2020)
- Relist Watch: And then there were guns (John Elwood, May 11, 2020)
- After ruling in New York gun rights case, more Second Amendment cases set for Friday conference (Amy Howe, April 28, 2020)
- Petitions of the week (Andrew Hamm, February 20, 2020)
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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11/27/2019 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020) |
12/16/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2020 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk. |
12/18/2019 | Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020. |
01/02/2020 | Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. filed. |
02/03/2020 | Brief of respondents Cook County, et al. in opposition filed. |
02/17/2020 | Reply of petitioners Matthew D. Wilson, et al. filed. (Distributed) |
02/19/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020. |
04/27/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020. |
05/11/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020. |
05/18/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020. |
05/22/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020. |
06/01/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020. |
06/08/2020 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020. |
06/15/2020 | Petition DENIED. |