Kachalsky v. Cacace

Petition for certiorari denied on April 15, 2013

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-845	2d Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: (1) Whether the Second Amendment secures a right to carry handguns for self-defense outside the home; and (2) whether state officials violate the Second Amendment by denying handgun carry licenses to responsible, law-abiding adults for lack of "proper cause" to bear arms for self-defense.

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Petition of the day (Mary Pat Dwyer, April 1, 2013)

Date	Proceedings and Orders(key to color coding)
01/08/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 11, 2013)
01/11/2013	Consent to the fiing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
01/31/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 13, 2013, for all respondents.
02/11/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amici curiae of Commonwealth of Virginia, et al. filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amicus curiae of National Rifle Association of America, Inc. filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Cato Institute filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amici curiae of S.C.O.P.E., Inc., et al. filed.
02/11/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Academics for the Second Amendment filed.
03/06/2013	Waiver of right of respondent County of Westchester to respond filed.
03/13/2013	Brief of respondents Susan Cacace, et al. in opposition filed.
03/26/2013	Reply of petitioners Alan Kachalsky, et al. filed.
03/27/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
04/15/2013	Petition DENIED.