Dist. of Columbia v. Heller

Decision Date20 November 2007
Docket NumberNo. 07–290.,07–290.
Citation169 L.Ed.2d 417,07 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 13532,76 USLW 3083,76 USLW 3266,128 S.Ct. 645,552 U.S. 1035,76 USLW 3273
PartiesDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., petitioners, v. Dick Anthony HELLER.
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE

Case below, Parker v. District of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370.

Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted limited to the following question: Whether the following provisions—D.C.Code §§ 7–2502.02(a)(4), 22–4504(a), and 7–2507.02—violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?

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  • U.S. v. Miller
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Tennessee
    • February 26, 2009
    ...militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes? District of Columbia v. Heller, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 645, 169 L.Ed.2d 417 (2007). Thus, the Defendant is correct that Justice Scalia's statement about the viability of laws banning felons from posse......
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    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • June 26, 2008
  • National Pride at Work v. Governor
    • United States
    • Michigan Supreme Court
    • May 7, 2008
    ...Amendment ["the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"]), cert gtd sub nom Dist. of Columbia v. Heller, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 645, 169 L.Ed.2d 417 (2007); see also Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 22, 25 S.Ct. 358, 49 L.Ed. 643 (1905) (holding that the p......
  • U.S. v. Vongxay
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit
    • February 9, 2010
    ...Amendment. Parker v. Dist. of Columbia, 478 F.3d 370, 399(D.C.Cir.2007), cert. granted in part sub nom. Dist. of Columbia v. Heller, 552 U.S. 1035, 128 S.Ct. 645, 169 L.Ed.2d 417 (2007), and aff'd, ___ U.S. ___, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 We also note that to date "no court that has ex......
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