EASTERDAY v. VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD

Docket No. 126840 126849.

186 N.E.3d 392 (2021)

2021 IL 126840

Daniel D. EASTERDAY et al., Appellants, v. The VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian D. Ambler , of Stone & Johnson, Chtrd., of Chicago, and David H. Thompson (pro hac vice), Peter A. Patterson (pro hac vice), and Brian W. Barnes (pro hac vice), of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, of Washington, D.C., for appellants Guns Save Life, Inc., and John W. Wombacher III.

David G. Sigale , of Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C., of Wheaton, for appellants Daniel D. Easterday, Illinois State Rifle Association, and Second Amendment Foundation, Inc.

Christopher B. Wilson , Kathleen A. Stetsko , and Kathryn A. Campbell , of Perkins Coie LLP, and Steven M. Elrod and Hart M. Passman , of Elrod Friedman LLP, both of Chicago, and Jonathan E. Lowy , of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, of Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, of Springfield ( Jane Elinor Notz , Solicitor General, and Alex Hemmer , Deputy Solicitor General, of Chicago, of counsel), amicus curiae.

Kimberly M. Foxx , State's Attorney, and Celia Meza , Acting Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago ( Cathy McNeil Stein , Jessica M. Scheller , and Paul A. Castiglione , Assistant State's Attorneys, Lauren E. Miller , Special Assistant State's Attorney, and Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper , and Suzanne Loose , Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), amici curiae.

Nicholas E. Cummings and Brian George , of City of Evanston Law Department, of Evanston, Matthew D. Rose , of Donahue & Rose, P.C., of Rosemont, James V. Ferolo , of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, of Chicago, Stephen R. Miller , of Miller & Ellison, of Hazel Crest, Adam B. Simon , of Ancel Glink, of Vernon Hills, and Michael M. Lorge , of Village of Skokie, of Skokie, for amici curiae City of Evanston et al.

Proskauer Rose LLP ( David M. Hanna , Jennifer L. Roche , and Jessica M. Griffith , of Los Angeles, California, and Myron D. Rumeld , of New York, New York, of counsel), Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ( Hannah Shearer and Esther Sanchez-Gomez , of San Francisco, California, and J. Adam Skaggs , of New York, New York, of counsel), and Everytown Law, of New York, New York ( Eric Tirschwell and Molly Thomas-Jensen , of counsel), for amici curiae Everytown for Gun Safety et al.


OPINION

¶ 1 In this case, one Justice of this court has recused himself, and the remaining members of the court are divided so that it is not possible to secure the constitutionally required concurrence of four judges for a decision (see Ill. Const. 1970, art. VI, § 3). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. The effect of...

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