Legal Opinion

Ezell v. City of Chicago

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 18, 2017No. Nos. 14-3312 & 14-3322PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

This case returns to us with new controversies arising from Chicago’s response to *890Heller and McDonald,1 the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decisions. Last time we addressed an ordinance banning shooting ranges throughout the city. See Ezell v. City of Chicago (“Ezell I”), 651 F.3d 684 (7th Cir. 2011). The range ban was part of a sweeping ordinance adopted in the wake of McDonald, which invalidated Chicago’s law prohibiting handgun possession. McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, 791, 130 S.Ct. 3020, 177 L.Ed.2d 894 (2010). To replace the handgun ban, the City…

2Cases cited19 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. Rhonda Ezell v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  4. City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. United States v. MarzzarellaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. BruenSupreme Court of the United States · 2022
  2. Colbert v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
  3. Rickey I. Kanter v. William P. BarrCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  4. John Teixeira v. County of AlamedaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
  5. United States v. Edell JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2024

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