Court Opinions
March 26, 2025
Bondi v. Vanderstok, 604 U.S. ____ (2025) Holding: Unfinished frames and receivers (aka, Ghost Guns) constitute "firearms" under the Gun Control Act of 1968, as amended. |
June 28, 2024
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. ___ (2024) Holding: Administrative Procedure Act requires courts to exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority; courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous, overruling Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984). | ||||
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June 21, 2024
U.S. v. Rahimi, 602 U.S. ____ (2024) Holding: 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which makes it a felony for a person who is subject to a domestic violence restraining order to possess firearms and/or ammunition, was not invalidated by the Supreme Court ruling in N.Y. Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen. |
June 14, 2024
Garland v. Cargill, 602 U.S. ____ (2024) Holding: The BATF misclassified "Bump Stocks" as machine guns. |
May 30, 2024
NRA v. Vullo, 602 U. S. ____ (2024) Holding: Government Defendant's motion to dismiss fails, as the NRA complaint, which alleges that Defendant violated the NRA's First Amendment rights by coercing regulated entities to terminate business relationships with the NRA in order to suppress firearm advocacy, states a claim upon which judicial relief can be granted. |
June 23, 2022
N.Y. State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n. v. Bruen, 142 S.Ct. 2111 (2022) Holding: The Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect an individual's right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. Accordingly, discretionary ("may issue") statutes for the issuance of concealed carry licenses violate the Second Amendment. In order for a gun control law to be constitutional, it must be "consistent with this Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation." | ||||
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June 28, 2010
McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010) Holding: The Second Amendment applies to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. |
February 24, 2009
United States v. Hayes, 555 U.S. 415 (2009) Holding: "Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence," as that term is used in the Gun Control Act of 1968, means any misdemeanor assault or battery offense where the defendant and victim shared a "domestic" relationship, regardless of whether such relationship is an element of the offense. |
June 26, 2008
District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) Holding: The Second Amendment protects, on federal territories and lands, an individual, not collective, right to keep and bear arms. |
May 15, 1939
United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) Holding: The federal prohibition of transporting a short-barreled shotgun across state lines does not violate the Second Amendment. | ||||
