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  2. McDonald v. City of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.

  3. IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT ...

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    12. On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States held in McDonald v. Chicago, No. 08-1521 that the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms restrains state and local governments through incorporation in the Fourteenth Amendment. 13. The Supreme Court remanded the case for the lower courts to apply the Second Amendment to the ...

  4. List of firearm court cases in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Firearm case law in the United States is based on decisions of the Supreme Court and other federal courts.Each of these decisions deals with the Second Amendment (which is a part of the Bill of Rights), the right to keep and bear arms, the Commerce Clause, the General Welfare Clause, and/or other federal firearms laws.

  5. United States v. Cruikshank - Wikipedia

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    This issue did come before the Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago (2010), in which the Supreme Court "reversed the Seventh Circuit, holding that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable to the states."

  6. Supreme Court Overturns Chicago Handgun Ban - AOL

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    In the new case, McDonald et al. v. The City of Chicago, the lead plaintiff was a sympathetic elderly African-American man who wanted a gun to defend his home against local gangs, but was barred ...

  7. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] In McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) the Supreme Court ruled that state and local governments are limited to the same extent as the federal government from infringing upon this right. [10] [11] New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (2022) assured the right to carry weapons in public spaces with reasonable exceptions.

  8. List of overruled United States Supreme Court decisions

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    As of 2018, the Supreme Court had overruled more than 300 of its own cases. [1] The longest period between the original decision and the overruling decision is 136 years, for the common law Admiralty cases Minturn v. Maynard, 58 U.S. (17 How.) 476 decision in 1855, overruled by the Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines Inc., 500 U.S. 603 decision ...

  9. 2010 term per curiam opinions of the Supreme Court of the ...

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    The Supreme Court of the United States handed down ten per curiam opinions during its 2010 term, which began October 4, 2010 and concluded October 1, 2011. [1]Because per curiam decisions are issued from the Court as an institution, these opinions all lack the attribution of authorship or joining votes to specific justices.