Second Amendment

Federal Court

Federal court opinions on the right to arms.


Last updated: May 13, 2007

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Parker v. District of Columbia, 04-7041 (2007),  [PDF]

Parker v. District of Columbia, 311 F.Supp.2d 103 (D.D.C. 2004).  [PDF]

U.S. v. Parker, 03-4119 (10th Cir. 2004).  [HTML]

Silveira v. Lockyer, 01-15098 (9th Cir. 2002).  [PDF]

U.S. v. Emerson, 99-10331 (5th Cir. 2001).  [HTML501k

U.S. v. Emerson, 46 F.Supp.2d 598 (N.D.Tex. 1999). [HTML73k

Hamilton v. Accu-Tek, 935 F.Supp. 1307 (E.D.N.Y. 1996). [HTML104k

Hickman v. Block, 81 F.3d 98 (9th Cir. 1996). [HTML24k

Love v. Pepersack, 47 F.3d 120 (4th Cir. 1995), cert. denied, 116 S. Ct. 64 (1995). [HTML14k

U.S. v. Friel, 1 F.3d 1231 (1st Cir. 1993) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Hale, 978 F.2d 1016 (8th Cir. 1992). [HTML22k

U.S. v. Nelsen, 859 F.2d 1318 (8th Cir. 1988). [HTML]

U.S. v. Toner, 728 F.2d 115 (2nd Cir. 1984) . [PDF]

Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove, 695 F.2d 261 (7th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 863 (1983). [HTML88k

Thompson v. Dereta, 549 F.Supp. 297 (D. Utah 1982). [HTML]

Vietnamese Fishermen’s Association v. KKK, 543 F.Supp. 198 (S.D. Tex. 1982) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Kozerski 518 F.Supp. 1082 (D.N.H. 1981), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 842 (1984) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Oakes, 564 F.2d 384 (10th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 435 U.S. 926 (1978). [HTML]

U.S. v. Warin, 530 F.2d 103 (6th Cir. 1976), cert. denied, 426 U.S. 948 (1976). [HTML22k

U.S. v. Swinton, 521 F.2d 1255 (10th Cir. 1975). [HTML]

U.S. v. Johnson, 497 F.2d 548 (4th Cir. 1974) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Day, 476 F.2d 562 (6th Cir. 1973) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Cody, 460 F.2d 34 (8th Cir. 1972) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Kraase, 340 F.Supp. 147 (E.D. Wis. 1972). [HTML]

U.S. v. Decker, 446 F.2d 164 (8th Cir. 1971) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Synnes, 438 F.2d 764 (8th Cir. 1971), vacated on other grounds, 404 U.S. 1009 (1972). [HTML]

Stevens v. United States, 440 F.2d 144 (6th Cir. 1971) . [HTML]

U.S. v. Johnson Jr., 441 F.2d 1134 (5th Cir. 1971). [HTML]

U.S. v. Gross, 313 F.Supp. 1330 (S.D. Ind. 1970), affirmed on other grounds, 451 F.2d 1355 (7th Cir. 1971) . [HTML]

Cases v. U.S., 131 F.2d 916 (1st Cir. 1942), cert. denied, 319 U.S. 770 (1943). [HTML34k

U.S. v. Tot, 131 F.2d 261 (3rd Cir. 1942), rev'd (on other grounds), 319 U.S. 463 (1943). [HTML47k

U.S. v. Miller, 26 F.Supp 1002 (W.D. Ark 1939), rev'd, 307 U.S. 174.. [HTML4k

Sonzinsky v. U.S., 86 F.2d 486 (7th Cir. 1936), aff'd, 300 U.S. 506 (1937). [HTML22k

U.S. v. Cruikshank, 25 F. Cas. 707 (1 Woods, 308) (C.C.D. La. 1874) (No. 14,897), aff'd, 92 U.S. 542 (1876). [HTML54k

U.S. v. Small, 27 F. Cas. 1128 (2 Curtis, 243) (C.C.D. Ma. 1855) (No. 16,314). [HTML7k


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