Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John D. Echeverria (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Mark R. Beckington , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Thomas S. Patterson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, California, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.
Erin E. Murphy (argued), Paul D. Clement , Kasdin M. Mitchell , and William K. Lane III , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C.; C.D. Michel , Sean A. Brady , and Anna M. Barvir , Michel & Associates P.C., Long Beach, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Scott D. Danzis , Thomas C. Villalon , Rafael Reyneri , and Nora Conneely , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jonathan E. Lowy and T. Tanya Schardt , Brady, Washington, D.C.; for Amicus Curiae Brady.
Jonathan K. Baum , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Mark T. Ciani , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, New York; for Amici Curiae California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians; American Academy of Pediatrics, California; and California Academy of Family Physicians.
Karl A. Racine , Attorney General; Loren L. Alikhan , Solicitor General; Caroline S. Van Zile , Deputy Solicitor General; Sonya L. Lebsack , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, D.C.; William Tong , Attorney General, Hartford, Connecticut; Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland; Burbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, Trenton, New Jersey; Letitia James , Attorney General, New York, New York; Keith Ellison , Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, Wilmington, Delaware; Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, Chicago, Illinois; Maura Healey , Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts; Hector Balderas , Attorney General, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Salem, Oregon; Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Thomas J. Donovan Jr. , Montpelier, Vermont; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Olympia, Washington; Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, Providence, Rhode Island; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; for Amici Curiae District of Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.
Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney; Aileen McGrath , Co-Chief of Appellate Litigation; City Attorney's Office, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae City and County of San Francisco.
Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney; James P. Clark , Kathleen Kenealy , Blithe Smith Bock , and Danielle L. Goldstein , Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; for Amicus Curiae City of Los Angeles.
Antonio J. Perez-Marques and Antonio M. Haynes , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, New York; Eric Tirschwell , Mark Anthony Frassetto , and William J. Taylor Jr. , Everytown Law, New York, New York; for Amicus Curaie Everytown for Gun Safety.
Scott A. Edelman , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Vivek R. Gopalan and Matthew C. Reagan , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, California; Kathryn M. Cherry , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Dallas, Texas; Hannah Shearer and Hannah Friedman , Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
James E. Hough , Jamie A. Levitt , and Cesar A. Francia , Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Pride Fund to End Gun Violence, Equality California, and Gays Against Guns.
Nezida S. Davis , Bakari Law LLC, Decatur, Georgia; Stephen P. Halbrook , Fairfax, Virginia; for Amici Curiae National African American Gun Association Inc. and Pink Pistols.
John Parker Sweeney , James W. Porter III , Marc A. Nardone , and Candice L. Rucker , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae National Rifle Association of America Inc.
Robert J. Olson , Jeremiah L. Morgan , William J. Olson , and Herbert W. Titus , William J. Olson P.C., Vienna, Virginia; Joseph W. Miller , Joseph Miller Law Offices LLC, Fairbanks, Alaska; Steven C. Bailey , Ramona, California; for Amici Curiae Gun Owners of America Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, California Constitutional Rights Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Policy Analysis Center, The Heller Foundation, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee.
Lawrence G. Keane and Benjamin F. Erwin , National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc., Newtown, Connecticut; Craig A. Livingston and Crystal L. Van Der Putten , Livingston Law Firm P.C., Walnut Creek, California; for Amicus Curiae National Shooting Sports Foundation Inc.
Dan M. Peterson , Dan M. Peterson PLLC, Fairfax, Virginia, for Amici Curiae Law Enforcement Groups and State and Local Firearms Rights Groups.
Joseph G.S. Greenlee , Firearms Policy Coalition, Sacramento, California; George M. Lee , Seiler Epstein LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae William Wiese, Jeremiah Morris, Lance Cowley, Sherman Macaston, Clifford Flores, L.Q. Dang, Frank Federau, Alan Normandy, Todd Nielsen, California Gun Rights Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation, Armed Equality, San Diego County Gun Owners, Orange County Gun Owners, Riverside County Gun Owners, California County Gun Owners, and Second Amendment Foundation.
Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr. , Law Offices of Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr. APC, San Jose, California, for Amicus Curiae Madison Society Inc.
John Cutonilli , Garrett Park, Maryland, as Amicus Curiae.
Dissent by Judge Lynn
