No. 24-203
 
Title: David Snope, et al., Petitioners
v.
Anthony G. Brown, in His Official Capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al.
Docketed: August 23, 2024
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
   Case Numbers: (21-1255)
   Decision Date: August 6, 2024
 
Proceedings and Orders
Aug 21 2024 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2024)
Petition Appendix Certificate of Word Count Proof of Service
Sep 11 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 23, 2024 to October 23, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
Sep 12 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 23, 2024.
Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Idaho, et al. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Law Center, Inc., et al. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of The Buckeye Institute filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers, et al. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Knife Rights, Inc. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amicus curiae of the National Association for Gun Rights filed.
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Sep 23 2024 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
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Oct 09 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 23, 2024 to November 22, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
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Oct 09 2024 Response to motion to extend the time to file a response filed by petitioners.
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Oct 11 2024 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part and the time is further extended to and including November 12, 2024.
Nov 12 2024 Brief of respondents Anthony G. Brown, Attorney General of Maryland, et al. in opposition filed.
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Nov 25 2024 Reply of petitioners David Snope, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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Jun 02 2025 Petition DENIED. Justice Alito and Justice Gorsuch would grant the petition for a writ of certiorari. Statement of Justice Kavanaugh respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) Justice Thomas, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion)
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
David H. Thompson
Counsel of Record
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: David Snope, an individual and resident of Baltimore County, et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Ryan Robert Dietrich
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202

rdietrich@oag.state.md.us
Ph: 4105767648
Party name: Anthony G. Brown, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Maryland, et al.


Other Attorneys
Barry Kevin Arrington
Counsel of Record
Arrington Law Firm
4195 Wadsworth Boulevard
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

BARRY@ARRINGTONPC.COM
Ph: 3032057870
Party name: The National Association for Gun Rights


Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee
Counsel of Record
NRA-ILA
11250 Waples Mill Road
Fairfax, VA 22030

jgreenlee@nrahq.org
Ph: (703) 267-1161
Party name: National Rifle Association of America


Alan Michael Hurst
Counsel of Record
Idaho Office of the Attorney General
700 W. Jefferson Street
Boise, ID 83720-0010

alan.hurst@ag.idaho.gov
Ph: 2089990910
Party name: State of Idaho, et al.


David Benjamin Kopel
Counsel of Record
Independence Institute
727 East 16th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203

david@i2i.org
Ph: 3032796536
Party name: International Law Enforcement Trainers and Educators Association


George Montgomery Lee
Counsel of Record
Seiler Epstein LLP
4 Embarcadero Center
14th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111

gml@seilerepstein.com
Ph: 415-979-0500
Party name: Knife Rights, Inc.


C. D. Michel
Counsel of Record
Michel & Associates, P.C.
180 East Ocean Blvd.
Suite 200
Long Beach, CA 90802

CMICHEL@MICHELLAWYERS.COM
Ph: (562) 216-4444
Party name: Second Amendment Law Center, Inc., California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated, Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois, Inc., Second Amendment Defense and Education Coalition, LTD., Operation Blazing Sword-Pink Pistols, and Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus


Erin E. Murphy
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

ERIN.MURPHY@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.


William Jeffrey Olson
Counsel of Record
William J. Olson, P.C.
370 Maple Ave. W., Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180

WJO@MINDSPRING.COM
Ph: 7033565070
Party name: Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Heller Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Tennessee Firearms Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, Grass Roots North Carolina, Rights Watch International, America's Future, U.S. Constitutional Rights Legal Defense Fund, and Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund


Daniel L. Schmutter
Counsel of Record
Hartman & Winnicki, P.C.
74 Passaic Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450

dschmutter@hartmanwinnicki.com
Ph: 201-967-8040
Party name: Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc.


David Christian Tryon
Counsel of Record
The Buckeye Institute
88 East Broad Street, Suite 1300
Columbus, OH 43215

d.tryon@buckeyeinstitute.org
Ph: (614) 224-4422
Party name: The Buckeye Institute