Supreme CourtMerits Stage

• Petitioners’ Brief
• Respondent’s Brief
• Petitioners’ Reply Brief

Amici for Respondent

• Texas, for Thirty One (31) States of the Union
• Vice President Cheney, 55 Senators, 250 Members of Congress
• Goldwater Institute (Responding to the Solicitor General)
• Edwin Meese, et al. (Former Dept. of Justice Officials)
• Claremont Institute/Criminologists
• Int’l Law Enforcement Trainers & Educators, et al. [Law Enforcement & Prosecutors on Self-Defense]
• National Rifle Association
• Cato Institute/Joyce Lee Malcolm [The Right Inherited from England]
• Retired Military Officers
• Second Amendment Foundation [Prof. Lund Brief]
• Academics for the Second Amendment [Ratification and Original Public Meaning]
• Academics [Addressing DC Crime]
• Foreign Academics [International/Comparative Law]
• Institute for Justice [14th Amendment]
  
• Citizens Committee [Debunking the other side’s myths and errors]
• Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, et al. [Prosecutors]
• Center for Individual Freedom [Debunking Collectivist Precedent]
• Joseph Scaranti, President Pro Tem Pa. Senate [Pennsylvania History]
• Southeastern Legal Foundation [Utility of Handguns]
• National Shooting Sports Foundation
• Heartland Institute, Prof. Volokh
• Buckeye Firearms Foundation, et al. [911 Brief]
• American Legislative Exchange Counsel [State Constitutional RKBA]
• State Firearms Associations
• American Association of Physicians and Surgeons
• Pink Pistols
• Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
• Women State Legislators and Academics
• GeorgiaCarry.org [Racist Roots of Gun Control]
• Congress of Racial Equality [Racist Roots of Gun Control]
• Disabled Veterans for Self-Defense, et al.
• Alaska Outdoor Council, et al.
• Libertarian National Committee
• Paragon Foundation
• American Center for Law & Justice
• Grass Roots South Carolina
• Liberty Legal Institute
• Eagle Forum
• Gun Owners of America
• American Civil Rights Union
• Rutherford Institute [Resistance to Tyranny]
• Jeanette Moll/Bill of Rts Foundation
• Mountain States Legal Foundation
• Foundation for Free Expression
• Virginia 1774
• Foundation for Moral Law
• AHSA

Amici for Petitioner

• Janet Reno, et al.
• National Network to End Domestic Violence
• American Jewish Committee, et al.
• States of NY, HI, MA, MD, NJ and PR
• American Bar Ass’n
• Brady Center
• U.S. Department of Justice
• 18 Members of Congress
• NAACP Legal Defense Fund
• Criminal Justice Professors
• DA’s for SF, NY
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• City of Chicago
• Winkler, Chemerinsky
• American Public Health Ass’n
• Appleseed Center, et al.
• Violence Policy Center
• Cities
• History Professors
• Linguistics Professors

Petition Stage

• Petitioners’ Application to Extend Time for Filing Petition for Certiorari
• Respondents’ Opposition to Application to Extend Time for Filing Petition for Certiorari
• Petition for Certiorari; Petitioners’ Appendix
• Response to Petition for Certiorari
• Reply to Response to Petition for Certiorari
• Cross-Petition for Certiorari
• Opposition to Cross-Petition for Certiorari
• Reply to Opposition to Cross-Petition for Certiorari
• Petitioner’s Merits Brief
• Joint Appendix

Amici Curiae

• American Academy of Pediatrics, et al., for Petitioners
• New York, Hawaii, Illinois, & Maryland for Petitioners
• American Civil Rights Union for Respondents
• American Civil Rights Union for Cross-Petitioners
• Nordyke, et al. for Cross-Petitioners

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

• D.C. CIRCUIT OPINION

Merits Pleadings by the Parties in the D.C. Circuit:

• APPELLANTS’ BRIEF
• APPELLEES’ BRIEF
• APPELLANTS’ REPLY BRIEF
• Appellees’ Letter, Oct. 24
• Appellants’ Response, Oct. 31
• Appellees’ Letter, Nov. 7
• Appellants’ Reply, Nov. 8
• Appellants’ Letter, Nov. 28
• Appellants’ Letter, Dec. 9
• Appellants’ Letter, Jan. 11
• Appellees’ Letter, Jan. 25
• Motion to Lift Stay of Mandate
• Opposition to Motion to Lift Stay of Mandate
• Order Denying Motion to Lift Stay of Mandate

Amicus Briefs for the Plaintiffs/Appellants:

• States’ Pro-Individual Rights Brief
• Second Amendment Foundation, et al., “Brandeis” Brief on Criminology
• Congress of Racial Equality Brief on racist roots of gun control
• American Civil Rights Union Brief
• NRA Brief

Amicus Briefs for the Defendants/Appellees:

• States and Cities Anti-Rights Brief
• Idaho, Withdrawing From Anti-Rights Brief
• Brady, et al. Anti-Rights Brief

Motions Practice to Secure the Right to Appeal:

• Court Order Granting Appellants’ Motion, Denying Appellees’ Motions, Scheduling the Case for Appeal
• Plaintiff’s First Motion To Have Case Heard
• Defendants’ Opposition To Motion To Have Case Heard, and First Motion for Summary Affirmance
• Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Motion for Summary Affirmance and Reply To Opposition To Hear Case
• Defendants’ Reply To Plaintiffs’ Opposition To Motion For Summary Affirmance
• Plaintiffs’ Second Motion To Have Case Heard
• Exhibit A to Plaintiffs’ Second Motion
• Exhibit B to Plaintiffs’ Second Motion
• Exhibit C to Plaintiffs’ Second Motion
• Defendants’ Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Second Motion To Have Case Heard
• Plaintiffs’ Reply To Defendants’ Opposition To Second Motion to Have Case Heard
• Exhibit D to Second Motion
• Exhibit E to Second Motion
• Exhibit F to Second Motion

Defendants’ Motion to Stay the Case

• Defendants’ Motion to Stay
• Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Motion to Stay
• Defendants’ Reply to Motion to Stay
• Order Granting Motion to Stay

District Court

• District Court Opinion
• District Court Order
• District Court Judgment

Merits Pleadings

Complaint:

• Complaint

Motion to Dismiss:

• Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Brief
• Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
• Defendants’ Supplemental Brief
• Plaintiffs’ Proposed Order Denying Motion to Dismiss

Motion for Summary Judgment:

• Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Motion
• Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgment Brief
• Summary Judgment Separate Statement of Facts
• Shelly Parker Declaration
• Tom Palmer Declaration
• Dick Heller Declaration
• Tracey Ambeau Declaration
• Gillian St.Lawrence Declaration
• George Lyon Declaration
• Summary Judgment Exhibit A
• Summary Judgment Request for Judicial Notice
• Plaintiffs’ Proposed Judgment
• Plaintiffs’ Summary Judgement Reply
• Defendants’ Opposition to Summary Judgement
• Defendants’ Separate Statement
• Defendants’ Exhibit A and B
• Defendants’ Exhibit C

Standing Pleadings:

• Plaintiffs’ Standing Brief
• Defendants’ Standing Brief
• Plaintiffs’ Standing Reply

Amicus Briefs and Response:

• Plaintiffs’ Response to Amici
• American Civil Rights Union, Amicus in Support of Individual Rights
• Brady Anti-Rights Amicus Brief
• Heartland Institute, Amicus in Support of Individual Rights
• VPC Anti-Rights Amicus Brief
• VPC Exhibit

Consolidation / Recusal / Disqualification Dispute

First Motion to Consolidate:

• First Order Denying Consolidation

Second Motion to Consolidate:

• Second Order Denying Consolidation
• NRA Consolidation Motion
• Plaintiffs’ Motion for Recusal of Counsel
• Brief Opposing Consolidation and Supporting Recusal of Counsel
• NRA Reply and Opposition Brief
• Plaintiffs’ Reply to NRA
• NRA surreply

Delays and Excuses

Defendants’ Failure to Meet Deadlines:

• Defensdants’ Motion to Extend
• Plaintiffs’ Oppositon to Extension

Amici Intervention:

• Brady Motion to File
• VPC Motion
• Opposition to Amici