NRA v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 1305 C.D. 2008, No. 1306 C.D. 2008.

977 A.2d 78 (2009)

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Pennsylvania Association of Firearms Retailers v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia City Council, Appellants National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Pennsylvania Association of Firearms Retailers, Colosimo's, Inc., Firing Line, Inc., Jon Mirowitz, Eugene Walworth, John Olexa and Charles H. Cox, III, Appellants v. City of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia City Council.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Feder and Martha Johnston, Philadelphia, for designated appellant, City of Philadelphia.

C. Scott Shields, Media, for appellees.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, JUBELIRER, Judge, and BUTLER, Judge.


OPINION BY President Judge LEADBETTER.

The City of Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter and the Philadelphia City Council (collectively, the City) appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which permanently enjoined the City from enforcing two ordinances regulating the transfer and possession of firearms. The National Rifle Association (NRA), NRA members Jon Mirowitz, Eugene Walworth, John Olexa and Charles H. Cox, III...

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