WILSON v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 112026.

968 N.E.2d 641 (2012)

360 Ill. Dec. 148

Matthew D. WILSON et al., Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF COOK et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor D. Quilici , of River Grove, Edward Ronkowski , of Mokena, and Stephen P. Halbrook , of Fairfax, Virginia, for appellants.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. , Paul A. Castiglione and Marilyn Fusco Schlesinger , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for appellees.

William N. Howard and Garry L. Wills , of Freeborn & Peters, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Certain Illinois Legislators.

Charles Wm. Dobra , of Roselle, and Joseph M. Hickson III , of the Hickson Law Group, P.C., of Springfield, Massachusetts, for amicus curiae Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc.

James R. Thompson , Matthew R. Carter and Rebecca S. Bradley , of Winston & Strawn LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae The Illinois Firearms Manufacturers Association.

Stephen A. Kolodziej , of Brenner, Ford, Monroe & Scott, Ltd., of Chicago, and Charles J. Cooper , David H. Thompson and Peter A. Patterson , of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae The National Rifle Association of America, Inc.

James B. Vogts , of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, of Chicago, for amicus curiae National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.

Benjamin Blustein and Nancy L. Maldonado , of Miner, Barnhill & Galland, PC, of Chicago, and Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Joshua M. Salzman , Laura Moranchek Hussain and Francesco Valentini , of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, LLP, and Jonathan E. Lowy and Daniel R. Vice , all of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence.

Jonathan K. Baum , Jonathan S. Feld , Bonita L. Stone , Sharyn M. Castle and Jessica R. Price , of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, of Chicago, for amici curiae Legal Community Against Violence et al.


OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal involves a challenge to the constitutionality of the Blair Holt Assault Weapons Ban (Cook County Ordinance No. 06-O-50 (approved Nov. 14, 2006)) (Ordinance). Plaintiffs, Matthew D. Wilson, Troy Edhlund, and Joseph Messineo, sought a declaration, inter alia, that the Ordinance violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution...

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