McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010).

McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010).

Holding: The Second Amendment right of individuals to keep and bear arms in self defense applies against state and local governments as well as the federal government.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito on June 28, 2010.
Justice Scalia filed a concurring opinion.
Justice Thomas filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
Justice Stevens filed a dissenting opinion.
Justice Breyer also filed a dissent, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor.

Opinion (June 28, 2010)

Transcript of Oral Argments (March 2, 2010)

Opinion below (7th Circuit)

Merits Briefs

Brief for Petitioners Otis McDonald, Adam Orlov, Colleen Lawson, David Lawson, the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc., and the Illinois State Rifle Association (by Alan Gura and David Sigale)

Brief for Respondents the National Rifle Association of America, Inc. et al., in Support of Petitioners Otis McDonald, et al (by Stephen Poss and Stephen Halbrook)

Reply Brief for Respondents The National Rifle Association of America, Inc., et al. in Support of Petitioners Otis McDonald, et al (by Stephen Poss, Stephen Halbrook, and Paul Clement)

Amicus Briefs In Support of Petitioners (arranged in order of filing with Supreme Court)

Brief for the Rutherford Institute

Brief of the Paragon Foundation, Inc.

Brief of the Heartland Institute

Brief of the Appellants from the Ninth Circuit Incorporation Case of Nordyke v. King, Madison Society, and Golden State Second Amendment Council (by Donald Kilmer and Jason Davis)

Brief for Buckeye Firearms Foundation Inc. (by Kenneth Hanson III)

Brief for State Legislators in Support (by John Parker Sweeney and T. Sky Woodward)

Brief for Professors of Philosophy, Criminology, Law, and Other Fields in Support of Petitioners (by Marc James Ayers and Don B. Kates)

Brief for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Senator Jon Tester, Representative Mark Souder, Representative Mike Ross, and 56 Additional Members of the United States Senate and 249 Additional Members of the United States House of Representatives (by Paul Clement)

Brief for the Foundation for Moral Law in Support of Petitioners

Brief for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. (by Lawrence Keane)

Brief for Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (by Daniel Schmutter)

Brief for Arms Keepers in Support of Petitioners

Brief for Academics for the Second Amendment (by David Hardy and Joseph Olson)

Brief for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence (by Edwin Meese, John Eastman, and Anthony Caso)

Brief of the American Center for Law and Justice (by Jay Sekulow)

Brief for the Maryland Arms Collectors’ Association, Inc. (by Alice Marie Beard and Don B. Kates)

Brief for the Calguns Foundation, Inc. (by Erik Jaffe)

Brief for Thirty-Four California District Attorneys; Eight Nevada District Attorneys; Graham County, Arizona, Former Sheriff Richard Mack; Mendocino County, California, Sheriff Thomas D. Allman; Tehama County, California, Sheriff Clay D. Parker; California Rifle and Pistol Association Foundation; Long Beach Police Officers Association; San Francisco Veterans Police Officers Association; Arizona Citizens Defense League; Texas Concealed Handgun Association; Virginia Citizens Defense League; and Bloomfield Press (by Chuck Michel)

Brief for the American Legislative Exchange Council in Support of Petitioners

Brief for the Goldwater Institute Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Government and Wyoming Liberty Group

Brief for State Firearm Association

Brief for the Institute for Justice (by Clark M. Neily III)

Brief for the Safari Club International

Brief for Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, Gun Owners of California, Inc., Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., DownsizeDC.org, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, U.S. Border Control, and U.S. Border Control Foundation

Brief for Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense

Brief for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors (IALEFI), Southern States Police Benevolent Association, Texas Police Chiefs Association, Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Congress of Racial Equality, the Claremont Institute, Professors Carlisle E. Moody, Roy T. Wortman, Raymond Kessler, Gary Mauser, Dr. Sterling Burnett, and the Independent Institute (by David Kopel)

Brief for Women State Legislators and Academics (by Sarah Anne Gervase)

Brief for the States of Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming (by Greg Abbott)

Brief for Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and National Association for Gun Rights

Brief for Constitutional Law Professors

Brief for the American Civil Rights Union, Let Freedom Ring, Committee for Justice, and the Family Research Council (by Peter Ferrara and Kenneth Klukowski)

Brief for the CATO Institute and Pacific Legal Foundation (by Timothy Sandefur and Ilya Shapiro)