NAT. RIFLE ASS'N OF AMERICA v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 10-3957, 10-3965, 11-1016.

646 F.3d 992 (2011)

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, and Village of Oak Park, Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 2, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Howard (submitted), Attorney, Freeborn & Peters LLP, Stephen A. Kolodziej , Attorney, Brenner, Ford & Monroe, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Docket No. 10-3957.

Suzanne M. Loose , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee in Docket Nos. 10-3957 and 11-1016.

William N. Howard (submitted), Attorney, Freeborn & Peters LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Docket No. 10-3965.

Ranjit J. Hakim , Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee in Docket No. 10-3965.

Alan Gura (submitted), Attorney, Gura & Possessky, Alexandria, VA, David G. Sigale , Attorney, Glen Ellyn, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Docket No. 11-1016.

Clark M. Neily, III , Attorney, Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, for Amicus Curiae in Docket No. 11-1016.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Supreme Court held in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008), that a federal enclave's ban on operable handguns in the home violates the Constitution's second amendment. In 2008 the City of Chicago and the Village of Oak Park had ordinances that were functionally the same as the law in Heller. After the Supreme Court's decision several plaintiffs...

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