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Wilson v. Cook County, Illinois

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on June 15, 2020.

Docket No.19-704
Op. Below7th Cir.

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.

Proceedings & orders timeline

Nov 27, 2019
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)
Dec 16, 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 2, 2020 to February 3, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
Dec 18, 2019
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 3, 2020.
Jan 2, 2020
Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. filed.
Feb 3, 2020
Brief of respondents Cook County, et al. in opposition filed.
Feb 17, 2020
Reply of petitioners Matthew D. Wilson, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 19, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
Apr 27, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
May 11, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2020.
May 18, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/21/2020.
May 22, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/28/2020.
Jun 1, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/4/2020.
Jun 8, 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
Jun 15, 2020
Petition DENIED.

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