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No. 18-280
 
Title: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al., Petitioners
v.
City of New York, New York, et al.
Docketed: September 6, 2018
Linked with: 17A1393
Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
   Case Numbers: (15-638)
   Decision Date: February 23, 2018
   Rehearing Denied: April 5, 2018
Questions Presented
 
Proceedings and Orders
Jun 20 2018 Application (17A1393) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 4, 2018 to August 3, 2018, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
Main Document Lower Court Orders/Opinions Proof of Service
Jun 21 2018 Application (17A1393) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until August 3, 2018.
Jul 19 2018 Application (17A1393) to extend further the time from August 3, 2018 to September 2, 2018, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
Written Request Proof of Service
Jul 23 2018 Application (17A1393) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until September 4, 2018.
Sep 04 2018 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 9, 2018)
Sep 17 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 9, 2018 to November 8, 2018, submitted to The Clerk.
Sep 21 2018 Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 8, 2018.
Sep 28 2018 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al..
Oct 09 2018 Brief amici curiae of Western States Sheriffs' Association et al filed.
Oct 09 2018 Brief amici curiae of The States of Louisiana, et al. filed.
Oct 09 2018 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, et al. filed.
Nov 08 2018 Brief of City of New York, et al. in opposition not accepted for filing. (November 09, 2018) (Corrected version submitted November 9, 2018).
Nov 08 2018 Brief of respondents City of New York, et al. in opposition filed.(11/14/2018)
Nov 28 2018 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
Nov 28 2018 Reply of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 07 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/11/2019.
Jan 14 2019 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/18/2019.
Jan 22 2019 Petition GRANTED.
Feb 12 2019 Joint motion for an extension of time for filing the briefs on the merits filed.
Feb 21 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Petitioners, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al..
Feb 25 2019 Joint motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits is granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including May 7, 2019. The time to file respondents' brief on the merits is extended to and including August 5, 2019.
Mar 11 2019 Brief amici curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation filed.
Apr 02 2019 Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of New York, et al.
Apr 12 2019 Motion to hold the briefing schedule in abeyance filed by respondents City of New York, et al. (Distributed)
Apr 19 2019 Response to motion from petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Apr 23 2019 Reply in support of motion filed.
Apr 29 2019 Motion of respondents to hold briefing schedule in abeyance DENIED.
May 07 2019 Joint appendix filed. (Statement of costs received)
May 07 2019 Brief of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed.
May 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National African American Gun Association, Inc. filed.
May 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Pink Pistols filed.
May 13 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Madison Society Foundation, Inc. filed.
May 13 2019 Brief amici curiae of Academics for the Second Amendment filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Second Amendment Law Professors in support of neither party filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence in support of neither party filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Brady and Team ENOUGH in support of neither party filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Liberal Gun Club filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of The States of Louisiana, et al. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of George K. Young filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Mountain States Legal Foundation filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Patrick J. Charles in support of neither party filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Robert Leider filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated and Gun Owners of California, Inc. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Black Guns Matter filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Bradley Byrne and 119 Additional Members of the United States House of Representatives filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Firearms Policy Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, and the Calguns Foundation filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
May 14 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Sheriffs Association, et al. filed.
Jul 03 2019 Letter dated July 3, 2019 of City of New York, et al. not accepted for filing. (July 08, 2019)
Jul 08 2019 Response of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. to motion not accepted for filing. (July 08, 2019)
Jul 22 2019 Suggestion of Mootness filed by respondents City of New York, et al.
Jul 22 2019 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
Jul 24 2019 Response of petitioners to motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits filed.
Jul 26 2019 Motion for a further extension of time to file respondents' brief on the merits denied.
Aug 01 2019 Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in support of neither party filed.
Aug 01 2019 Petitioners' response to suggestion of mootness filed. (Distributed)
Aug 05 2019 Brief of respondents City of New York, et al. filed.
Aug 05 2019 Respondents' Supplemental Appendix of City of New York, et al. not accepted for filing. (August 09, 2019)
Aug 05 2019 Supplemental appendix to respondents’ brief on the merits filed. (Corrected copies 8/9/19)
Aug 07 2019 Suggestion of mootness DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
Aug 08 2019 Respondents' reply in support of suggestion of mootness filed. (Distributed)
Aug 12 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Aug 12 2019 Amicus brief of March for Our Lives Action Fund not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of March for Our Lives Action Fund filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of States of New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia and the District of Columbia filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of Public Health Researchers and Social Scientists filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of Federal Courts Scholars filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of 139 Members of the United States House of Representatives filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, et al. filed.
Aug 12 2019 Amicus brief of Neal Goldfarb not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of National League of Cities, et al. filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of Corpus Linguistics Professors and Experts filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department William J. Bratton filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Crime Commission of New York City filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amici curiae of National Education Association filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Everytown for Gun Safety filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Americans Against Gun Violence filed.
Aug 12 2019 Brief amicus curiae of Neal Goldfarb filed. (August 13, 2019)
Aug 12 2019 Motion of Neal Goldfarb for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Sep 04 2019 Reply of petitioners New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 13 2019 SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, December 2, 2019.
Oct 07 2019 The Respondent's Suggestion of Mootness is denied. The question of mootness will be subject to further consideration at oral argument, and the parties should be prepared to discuss it.
Oct 15 2019 Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Oct 15 2019 Motion of Neal Goldfarb for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument DENIED.
Oct 23 2019 Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit.
Oct 24 2019 The record from the U.S.C.A. 2nd Circuit is electronic and filed. The record is complete from the 2nd Circuit.
Oct 25 2019 CIRCULATED
Nov 15 2019 Letter from the Solicitor General filed. (Distributed)
Nov 15 2019 Request from the Clerk that the Solicitor General submit his views on mootness in a letter brief, limited to 10 pages, by 6 p.m., Friday, November 15, 2019. The parties may submit their responses in a letter brief, limited to 10 pages each, by 2 p.m., Wednesday, November 20, 2019.
Nov 15 2019 Letter brief of the Solicitor General pursuant to request of the Clerk filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2019 Letter response brief of petitioners pursuant to request of the Clerk filed. (Distributed)
Nov 20 2019 Letter response brief of respondents' pursuant to request of the Clerk filed. (Distributed)
Dec 02 2019 Argued. For petitioners: Paul D. Clement, Washington, D. C.; and Jeffrey B. Wall, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Richard P. Dearing, New York, N. Y.
Apr 27 2020 Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. Opinion per curiam. Kavanaugh, J., filed a concurring opinion. Alito, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined, and in which Thomas, J., joined except for Part IV–B.
May 29 2020 JUDGMENT ISSUED.
Attorneys
Attorneys for Petitioners
Paul D. Clement
Counsel of Record
Clement & Murphy, PLLC
706 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
PAUL.CLEMENT@CLEMENTMURPHY.COM
Ph: (202) 742-8900
Party name: New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc., et al.


Attorneys for Respondents
Richard Paul Dearing
Counsel of Record
New York City Law Department
100 Church Street
New York, NY 10007
RDEARING@LAW.NYC.GOV
Ph: 2123562500
Party name: City of New York, et al.


Other Attorneys
Elizabeth Baker Murrill
Counsel of Record
Office of the Attorney General
1885 N. Third Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
MURRILLE@AG.LOUISIANA.GOV
Ph: 225-326-6766
Party name: The States of Louisiana, et al.


Dan Mark Peterson
Counsel of Record
Dan M. Peterson, PLLC
3925 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 403
Fairfax, VA 22030
DAN@DANPETERSONLAW.COM
Ph: 7033527276
Party name: Western States Sheriffs' Association et al


Anthony Thomas Caso
Constitutional Counsel Group
1628 N Main St. #289
Salinas, CA 93906
ATCASO@CCG1776.COM
Ph: 916-601-1916
Party name: Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence


William Spencer Consovoy
Consovoy McCarthy PLLC
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 700
Arlington, VA 22209
will@consovoymccarthy.com
Ph: (703) 243-9423
Party name: Robert Leider


Chris Fedeli
Judicial Watch, Inc.
Judicial Watch, Inc., 425 Third Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024
cfedeli@judicialwatch.org
Ph: 202-646-5172
Party name: Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation


Ira M. Feinberg
Office of the New York Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005
ira.feinberg@ag.ny.gov
Ph: (212) 416-6037
Party name: March for Our Lives Action Fund


John Steven Foley
Law Office of J. Steven Foley
11 Pleasant Street, Suite 100
Worcester, MA 01609
jsteven@attorneyfoley.com
Ph: 508-754-1041
Party name: Black Guns Matter


Noel J. Francisco
Solicitor General
United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
SupremeCtBriefs@USDOJ.gov
Ph: (202) 514-2217
Party name: United States


Neal Goldfarb
1301 Fairmont St., NW
Washington, DC 20009
goldfarbneal@gmail.com
Ph: 2022627886
Party name: Neal Goldfarb


Roberto Jose Gonzalez
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
2001 K St., NW
Washington, DC 20006-1047
rgonzalez@paulweiss.com
Ph: 202-223-7316
Party name: Former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department William J. Bratton


Luke W. Goodrich
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20006
lgoodrich@becketlaw.org
Ph: 2029550095
Party name: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty


Jeffrey T. Green
Green Lauerman Chartered P.L.L.C.
1050 30th Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
jeff@greenlawchartered.com
Ph: 240-286-5686
Party name: Public Health Researchers and Social Scientists


John Michael Grenfell
Four Embarcadero Center, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
john.grenfell@pillsburylaw.com
Ph: 415-983-1000
Party name: Patrick J. Charles


Deepak Gupta
Gupta Wessler LLP
2001 K Street NW
Suite 850 North
Washington, DC 20006
DEEPAK@GUPTAWESSLER.COM
Ph: (202) 888-1741
Party name: Everytown for Gun Safety


Alan Gura
Institute for Free Speech
1150 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Suite 801
Washington, DC 20036
AGURA@IFS.ORG
Ph: 202.301.3300
Party name: Commonwealth Second Amendment, Inc.


Stephen Porter Halbrook
Stephen P. Halbrook, PH.D.Attorney at Law
3925 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 403
Fairfax, VA 22030
protell@aol.com
Ph: 703-352-7276
Party name: National African American Gun Association, Inc.


David T. Hardy
8987 E. Tanque Verde No. 265
Tucson, AZ 85749
dthardy@mindspring.com
Ph: (520) 749-0241
Party name: Academics for the Second Amendment


Fred J. Hiestand
Fred J. Hiestand, A Professional Corporation
3418 3rd Avenue, Suite 1
Sacramento, CA 95817
FRED@FJH-LAW.COM
Ph: 9164485100
Party name: Americans Against Gun Violence


Erik S. Jaffe
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
EJAFFE@SCHAERR-JAFFE.COM
Ph: 202-787-1060
Party name: Firearms Policy Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Calguns Foundation


David D. Jensen
David Jensen PLLC
33 Henry Street
Beacon, NY 12508
david@djensenpllc.com
Ph: 212-380-6615
Party name: The Liberal Gun Club


Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.
Law Offices of Donald Kilmer, P.C.
14085 Silver Ridge Road
Caldwell, ID 83607
don@dklawoffice.com
Ph: (408) 264-8489
Party name: The Madison Society Foundation, Inc.


Michael B. Kimberly
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
1901 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
MKIMBERLY@winston.com
Ph: (202) 282-5096
Party name: Federal Courts Scholars


Kenneth Alan Klukowski
Schaerr | Jaffe LLP
1717 K Street N.W. Suite 900
Washington, DC 20006
kklukowski@theacru.org
Ph: (202) 787-1060
Party name: American Civil Rights Union


David Benjamin Kopel
Independence Institute
727 East 16th Avenue
Denver, CO 80203
david@i2i.org
Ph: 3032796536
Party name: Professors of Second Amendment Law, et al.


Brian Stuart Koukoutchos
28 Eagle Trace
Mandeville, LA 70471
bkoukoutchos@gmail.com
Ph: 985 626 5052
Party name: Pink Pistols


Vincent Gregory Levy
Holwell Shuster & Goldberg, LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
14th Floor
New York, NY 10017
VLEVY@HSGLLP.COM
Ph: 6468375120
Party name: Constitutional Law Professors


Brian Robert Matsui
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2100 L Street NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20037
BMATSUI@MOFO.COM
Ph: 202-887-8784
Party name: Corpus Linguistics Professors and Experts


C. D. Michel
Michel & Associates, P.C.
180 East Ocean Blvd.
Suite 200
Long Beach, CA 90802
CMICHEL@MICHELLAWYERS.COM
Ph: (562) 216-4444
Party name: California Rifle & Pistol Association, Incorporated


Benjamin Charles Mizer
Jones Day
51 Louisiana Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
bmizer@jonesday.com
Ph: (202) 879-3939
Party name: Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence


Alice Margaret O'Brien
National Education Association
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
aobrien@nea.org
Ph: 202 822 7035
Party name: National Education Association


Robert Jeffrey Olson
William J. Olson P.C.
370 Maple Avenue West, Suite 4
Vienna, VA 22180-5615
wjo@mindspring.com
Ph: 703-356-5070
Party name: Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, Tennessee Firearms Association, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee


William Jeffrey Olson
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, Gun Owners Foundation, The Heller Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Downsize DC Foundation, DownsizeDC.org, and Restoring Liberty Action Committee


Dan Mark Peterson
Dan M. Peterson, PLLC
3925 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 403
Fairfax, VA 22030
DAN@DANPETERSONLAW.COM
Ph: 7033527276
Party name: National Sheriffs Association, et al.


Eddie Travis Ramey
Appellate Advocacy Clinic
University of Alabama School of Law
Box 870392, 110 Paul W. Bryant Drive, East
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
tramey@law.ua.edu
Ph: (205) 348-4960
Party name: Bradley Byrne and 119 Additional Members of the United States House of Representatives


Lawrence Rosenthal
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866-1005
rosentha@chapman.edu
Ph: 714-628-2650
Party name: National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International Municipal Lawyers Association


Harry Sandick
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
1133 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
HSANDICK@PBWT.COM
Ph: (212)336-2000
Party name: Citizens Crime Commission of New York City


Ilya Shapiro
Manhattan Institute
52 Vanderbilt Ave.
New York, NY 10017
ishapiro@manhattan-institute.org
Ph: 212599-7000
Party name: Cato Institute


Stephen Dean Stamboulieh
Stamboulieh Law, PLLC
PO Box 428
Olive Branch, MS 38654
stephen@sdslaw.us
Ph: 601-852-3440
Party name: George K. Young


David H. Thompson
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
DTHOMPSON@COOPERKIRK.COM
Ph: 202-220-9600
Party name: National Rifle Association of America, Inc.


Barbara Dale Underwood
New York Solicitor General
Office of the Attorney General
28 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10005-1400
BARBARA.UNDERWOOD@AG.NY.GOV
Ph: 212-416-8016
Party name: States of New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia and the District of Columbia


Donald B. Verrilli Jr.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Suite 500E
Washington, DC 20001-5369
DONALD.VERRILLI@MTO.COM
Ph: 202-220-1100
Party name: Second Amendment Law Professors


Avi Weitzman
Paul Hastings LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
aviweitzman@paulhastings.com
Ph: 2123186920
Party name: 139 Members of the United States House of Representatives


Sheldon Whitehouse
Hart Senate Office Bldg., Rm. 530
Washington, DC 20510
counsel@whitehouse.senate.gov
Ph: (202) 224-2921
Party name: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse et al.


Cristen Alice Wohlgemuth
Mountain States Legal Foundation
2596 S. Lewis Way
Lakewood, CO 80227
cristen@mslegal.org
Ph: 3032922021
Party name: Mountain States Legal Foundation


Paul Reinherz Quitman Wolfson
Democracy Forward Foundation
P.O. Box 34553
Washington, DC 20043
pwolfson@democracyforward.org
Ph: (202) 448-9090
Party name: Brady and Team ENOUGH

 

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