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CRAWFORD v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 562 M.D. 2020.

277 A.3d 649 (2022)

Stanley CRAWFORD, Tracey Anderson, Delia Chatterfield, Aishah George, Rita Gonsalves, Maria Gonsalves-Perkins, Wynona Harper, Tamika Morales, Cheryl Pedro, Rosalind Pichardo, CeaseFire Pennsylvania Education Fund, and The City of Philadelphia, Petitioners, v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania General Assembly, Bryan Cutler, in his official capacity as Speaker of The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Jake Corman, in his official capacity as President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 26, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin David Geffen , Mary M. McKenzie , Claudia De Palma , Public Interest Law Center, Virginia A. Gibson , Alexander Biays Bowerman , Garima Malhotra , Robert Elton Beecher , Hogan Loyells US, LLP, Philadelphia, Derek L. Centola , Hogan Lovells, Washington, DC, for Petitioners Rosalind Pichardo, Cheryl Pedro, Tamika Morales, Wynona Harper, Maria Gonsalves-Perkins, Rita Gonsalves, Aishah George, Stanley Crawford, Delia Chatterfield, CeaseFire Pennsylvania Education Fund, Tracey Anderson.

Lydia Maureen Furst , Diana Patricia Cortes , Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, Derek L. Centola , Hogan Loyells, Washington, DC, for Petitioner City of Philadelphia.

Thomas G. Collins , Cheri Ann Sparacino , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Harrisburg, Gretchen Woodruff Root , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Pittsburgh, for Respondent Pennsylvania General Assembly

Anthony Richard Holtzman , John P. Krill, Jr. , Thomas Richard DeCesar , K&L Gates LLP, Harrisburg, for Respondent Jake Corman.

Mary Katherine Yarish , Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Peter Joseph Adonizio, Jr. , Thomas I. Vanaskie , Scranton, Mark David Brad Shaw , Stevens & Lee, PC, Harrisburg, for Respondent Bryan Cutler

Joshua D. Snyder , Boni, Zack & Snyder LLC, Bala Cynwyd, for Amici Curiae The Coalition of Trauma Centers for Firearm Injury Prevention, Benjamin Sun M.D., Patrick Reilly M.D., Michael L. Nance M.D., Cynthia Mollen M.D., Robert McNamara M.D., Amy Goldberg M.D., Alberto Esquenazi M.D., Christopher Edwards M.D., Elizabeth Datner M.D.

Gilbert Joseph Davys Ambler , Ambler Law Offices, LLC, Winchester, VA, for Amici Curiae Heller Foundation, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund.

James Patrick Davy , Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae County and Local Governments.

Wendy Kobee , Law Department, Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae City of Pittsburgh.

William W. Warren, Jr. , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Harrisburg, Kevin Michael Levy , Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae City of Harrisburg.

Michael Xavier Imbroscio , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Brady and Giffords Law Center.

BEFORE: HONORABLE RENÉE COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, HONORABLE PATRICIA A. McCULLOUGH, Judge, HONORABLE MICHAEL H. WOJCIK, Judge, HONORABLE CHRISTINE FIZZANO CANNON, Judge, HONORABLE ELLEN CEISLER, Judge.

AMENDING ORDER

AND NOW, this 27th day of May, 2022, it is hereby ordered that the Opinion and Order filed on May 26, 2022 is hereby withdrawn and replaced with the Amended Opinion and Order attached hereto.

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT...

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