Legal Opinion

Brown v. Illinois State Police

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 2021No. 126153PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

2021 IL 126153

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS (Docket No. 126153) THOMAS BROWN, Appellant, v. THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE, Appellee. Opinion filed November 18, 2021. JUSTICE OVERSTREET delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Anne M. Burke and Justices Garman, Theis, Neville, and Michael J. Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Carter took no part in the decision. OPINION ¶1 This appeal involves the correlation between Illinois and federal firearms statutes and how those statutes impact the revocation of a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID)…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  2. McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  4. United States v. Daniel ChovanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
  5. People v. Christopher K.Illinois Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Snedeker v. Will County State's Attorney's OfficeAppellate Court of Illinois · 2022
  2. Banks v. State's Attorney of Cook CountyAppellate Court of Illinois · 2025
  3. Schilling v. Quincy Physicians & Surgeons Clinic, S.C.Illinois Supreme Court · 2026
  4. Hart v. Illinois State PoliceIllinois Supreme Court · 2023
  5. Michael A. Thorpe v. United States of AmericaDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2026

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