SCOTUS Gun Watch, Episode 2
Although the Supreme Court issued no new orders this week, there's been some movement in the cases pending before the Court. Below isthe updated graph with the now-current status of the high court's gun docket.
Special shout-out to Mance v. Barr, which is the oldest still-pending cert petition yet to be acted on. It was originally filed almost a year ago and is mostly likely be held pending New York State Rifle & Pistol, set to be argued on December 2. The district court decision in Mance was issued on February 11, 2015. (Fun fact, the district court judge whose decision the Fifth Circuit reversed in Mance is the same district court judge whose decision invalidating the entire Affordable Care Act is currently before the Fifth Circuit.)
Case | Ct. Below | Pet. Filed | Implicated Law/Issue | Status |
Mance v. Barr | 5th Cir. | 19-Nov-18 | Federal ban on out-of-state handgun purchases | distributed
12-Apr-19 conf. |
Rogers v. Grewal | 3rd Cir. | 20-Dec-18 | NJ “may issue” public carry regime | distributed
23-May-19 conf. |
Pena v. Horan | 9th Cir. | 28-Dec-18 | California’s Unsafe Handgun Act (microstamping, etc.) | distributed
12-Apr-19 conf. |
Gould v. Lipson | 1st Cir. | 1-Apr-19 | MA “may issue” public carry regime (as implemented locally) | distributed
6-June-19 conf. |
Cheeseman v. Polillo | N.J. | 28-June-19 | NJ “may issue” public carry regime | distributed
18-Oct-19 conf. |
Ciolek v. New Jersey | N.J. | 18-July-19 | NJ “may issue” public carry regime | distributed
1-Oct-19 conf. |
Daniel v. Armslist | Wisc. | 29-July-19 | Scope of immunity for gun-broker website under Communications Decency Act | reply due @ 1-Nov-2019 |
Remington Arms v. Soto | Conn. | 1-Aug-19 | Scope of gunmaker immunity under the Protection for Lawful Commerce in Arms Act | distributed for
8-Nov-19 conf. |
Guedes v. ATF | D.C. Cir. | 29-Aug-19 | Ban on bump stocks | resp. due 4-Nov-2019 |
Medina v. Barr | D.C. Cir. | 30-Aug-19 | Ban on felon possession under 922(g)(1) (as applied) | resp. due 4-Nov-2019 |
Worman v. Healey | 1st Cir. | 23-Sep-19 | Ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines | resp. due 9-Dec-19 |
Malpasso v. Hamilton | 4th Cir. | 26-Sep-19 | MD “may issue” public carry regime | resp. requested - due 18-Nov-19 |
Culp v. Raoul | 7th Cir. | 10-Oct-19 | IL refusal to grant carry permits to most non-residents | resp. due 14-Nov-19 |