Issue area
Gun rights cases
Second Amendment, firearms regulation, and related criminal-enforcement cases.
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25-7652Isaiah Jaqjan Fisher, Petitioner v. United States
Does a handgun or other bearable firearm that is capable of automatic fire qualify as an “arm” within the meaning of the Second Amendment under step o...
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25-7665Shawn Lee Butts, Petitioner v. United States
Is 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s categorical ban on the possession of firearms unconstitutional as applied to a non-violent defendant, who indisputably poss...
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25-7677Nicolas Oneal Garrett, Petitioner v. United States
Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci...
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25-7685Richard Joseph Price, Petitioner v. United States
1. Whether a criminal defendant may raise an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)'s lifet...
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25-1219United States, Petitioner v. Charles Hembree
Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of a firearm by a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable b...
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25-7661Jaterron Williamson, Petitioner v. United States
1. Federal law bans the possession of firearms by anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment. 18 U...
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25-7678Mark Anthony Gaddy, Petitioner v. United States
Whether, as the Eighth Circuit held, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (which prohibits any felon from possessing firearms) is invariably constitutional both faci...
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25-1324Katherine Novotny, et al., Petitioners v. Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland, et al.
Whether Maryland’s numerous prohibitions on carrying firearms in many places frequented by the general public violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendm...
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25-7530Lester Landrum, Petitioner v. United States
1. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) violate the Second Amendment on its face or as applied to Petitioner? 2. Does 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) exceed Congress’s a...
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25-7676Marcus Ruben Bland, Jr., Petitioner v. United States
Whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)’s lifetime ban on firearm possession for all individuals previously convicted of a felony violates the Second Amendment,...
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25-7663Robert Carlos Cerrillo, Petitioner v. United States
1. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(1) comports with the Second Amendment? 2. Whether 18 U.S.C. §922(g) permits conviction for the possession of any firearm...
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Recent decisions
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24-5774Dwayne Barrett, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court unanimously held that Congress did not authorize convictions under both 18 U.S.C. §§924(c)(1)(A)(i) and (j) for a single act that vi...
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24-1056Isabel Rico, Petitioner v. United States
Does the fugitive-tolling doctrine apply in the context of supervised release?
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24-1234United States, Petitioner v. Ali Danial Hemani
The Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(3), which bars gun possession by anyone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance...
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24-1046Jason Wolford, et al., Petitioners v. Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii
The Court is considering a civil rights case about the standard for qualified immunity when law enforcement officers use force during an arrest. The c...
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20-157Caniglia v. Strom
This case asked whether police may enter a home and seize firearms without a warrant under the Fourth Amendment’s so-called “community caretaking” doc...
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19-7945Aguedo v. United States
This case involves an individual named Aguedo who is asking the Supreme Court to review a legal dispute with the federal government. The Court is curr...
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19-5410Borden v. United States
This case asked whether a prior crime committed with a reckless mental state counts as a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act, which i...
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19-296Guedes v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
This case challenges the ATF’s rule treating bump stocks as machineguns under federal law, which effectively bans them. The petition asks how courts s...
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18-280New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York
Gun owners challenged a New York City rule that barred them from taking a licensed, locked, and unloaded handgun to a second home or shooting range ou...
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18-824Thomas Rogers, et al., Petitioners v. Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey, et al.
Whether the Second Amendment protects the right to carry (i.e., “bear”) a firearm outside the home for self-defense.
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18-431United States v. Davis
The case concerns whether a federal law that adds extra penalties for using or carrying a firearm during a "crime of violence" is too vague in the way...
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17-646Gamble v. United States
The case asked whether the federal government could prosecute Terance Gamble for being a felon in possession of a firearm after Alabama had already pr...
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17-9560Rehaif v. United States
This case asked whether, to convict someone under the federal law banning certain people from possessing firearms, the government must prove not only ...
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17-342Jeff Silvester, et al., Petitioners v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California
Whether the court of appeals properly rejected petitioners’ as-applied challenge to California’s statutory 10-day waiting period for taking delivery o...
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20-843New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen
The Supreme Court considered whether New York's law requiring individuals to show a special need for self-defense to obtain a concealed-carry license ...
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23-7517Wilson v. Hawaii
This case involves a challenge to Hawaii's handgun licensing laws, specifically examining whether prosecuting an individual for carrying a handgun wit...
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22-915United States v. Rahimi
The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and upheld the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. It held t...
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19-7827Hall v. Texas
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis to review a decision by the Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh Distric...
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19-782Kelerchian v. United States
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in which a petition for a writ of certiorari was filed against...
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19-8342Duheart v. United States
Dearieus Duheart filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
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19-864Beers v. Barr
This case considers whether the government can permanently strip a law-abiding citizen of their Second Amendment rights based solely on a past involun...
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19-8235Eaton v. United States
This case involves a challenge to supervised release and the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). The petitioner argues that these ...
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19-8240Valentini v. United States
Valentini v. United States is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The Supreme Court was asked to review the...
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19-7685Lindsey v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that was granted by the Supreme C...
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22-976Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Michael Cargill
The Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statutory authority by classifying bump stock...
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19-8361Price v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Price against the United States, originating from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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19-8263Brown v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed in forma pauperis from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The spec...
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19-8193Purifoy v. United States
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to the Supreme Court. The petitioner filed to proceed in forma p...
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22-6389Justin Rashaad Brown, Petitioner v. United States
The Supreme Court ruled that a state drug conviction qualifies as a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) if the drug was ...
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23-1141Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
The Supreme Court held that the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) bars Mexico's lawsuit against U.S. gun manufacturers for facilitatin...
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23-852Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Jennifer VanDerStok, et al.
This case determined whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) acted within its authority under the Gun Control Act of 19...
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19-8158Heindenstrom v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis filed by Heindenstrom against the United States, orig...
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19-8220Macli v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed as a pauper, seeking Supreme Court review of a decision by the United S...
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19-7007Furlow v. United States
Furlow v. United States is a case reviewed by the Supreme Court following a petition for a writ of certiorari from the Fourth Circuit. The specific fa...
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19-7553Humbert v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Humbert against the United States, originating from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appe...
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19-7981Castaneda v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by an indigent individual seeking review of a decision by the United States Court of Appe...
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