WILSON v. COOK COUNTY

No. 18-2686.

937 F.3d 1028 (2019)

Matthew D. WILSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COOK COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Abbott Bedell , Attorney, Knabe, Kroning & Bedell, Edward J. Murphy , Attorney, Lipe Lyons Murphy Nahrstadt & Pontikis Ltd., Chicago, IL, David G. Sigale , Attorney, Glen Ellyn, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Paul A. Castiglione , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Federal Litigation Division, Jessica M. Scheller , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Civil Actions Bureau, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Cook County, Illinois.

Paul A. Castiglione , Attorney, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Federal Litigation Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Thomas J. Dart, Cook County Sheriff, Toni Preckwinkle, Jerry Butler, Deborah Sims.

Deepak Gupta , Attorney, Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Everytown for Gun Safety.

Clarence William Phillips , Attorney, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

Before Ripple, Hamilton, and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Two Cook County residents appeal the dismissal of their complaint, which raises a Second Amendment challenge to Cook County's ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines. Less than five years ago, we upheld a materially indistinguishable ordinance against a Second Amendment challenge. See Friedman v. City of Highland Park,

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