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Alfred G. Osterweil, Appellant,v.George R. Bartlett, III, Respondent.

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37 Cited authorities

  1. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,458 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding it irrelevant to the constitutionality of D.C.'s "handgun" ban that the law allowed citizens the possession of substitutes, like "long guns"

  2. Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.

    473 U.S. 432 (1985)   Cited 9,702 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mental disability is not a quasi-suspect class

  3. McDonald v. City of Chicago

    561 U.S. 742 (2010)   Cited 2,275 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Second Amendment applies to the states, through incorporation under the Fourteenth Amendment

  4. Florida v. Jardines

    569 U.S. 1 (2013)   Cited 1,679 times   60 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a search occurs when the police engage in an "unlicensed physical intrusion" on a constitutionally protected area

  5. Valley Forge College v. Americans United

    454 U.S. 464 (1982)   Cited 4,969 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the psychological consequence presumably produced by observation of conduct with which one disagrees ... is not an injury sufficient to confer standing under Art. III, even though the disagreement is phrased in constitutional terms"

  6. Plyler v. Doe

    457 U.S. 202 (1982)   Cited 3,012 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that States cannot deny to illegal aliens the free public education they provide to citizens and legally documented aliens

  7. Perry Ed. Assn. v. Perry Local Educators' Assn

    460 U.S. 37 (1983)   Cited 2,244 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that content-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions on speech must be "narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest, and leave open ample alternative channels of communication"

  8. San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez

    411 U.S. 1 (1973)   Cited 3,090 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that classifications on the basis of geography are not suspect

  9. United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.

    529 U.S. 803 (2000)   Cited 829 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute was content based because it “applies only to channels primarily dedicated to sexually explicit adult programming or other programming that is indecent”

  10. Carey v. Brown

    447 U.S. 455 (1980)   Cited 733 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that ordinance violated equal protection where it banned all residential picketing except picketing of a place of employment involved in a labor dispute

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,625 times   688 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Section 1331 - Federal question

    28 U.S.C. § 1331   Cited 97,373 times   134 Legal Analyses
    Finding that in order to invoke federal question jurisdiction, a plaintiff's claims must arise "under the Constitution, laws, or treaties of the United States."

  13. Section 1291 - Final decisions of district courts

    28 U.S.C. § 1291   Cited 88,732 times   138 Legal Analyses
    Granting jurisdiction to the courts of appeals from final decisions of federal district courts "except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court"

  14. Section Amendment XIV - Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection

    U.S. Const. amend. XIV   Cited 11,420 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting deprivations by “State”

  15. Section 265.02 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree

    N.Y. Penal Law § 265.02   Cited 1,635 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting Tasers and stun guns

  16. Section Amendment II - Bearing Arms

    U.S. Const. amend. II   Cited 1,300 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that a well regulated Militia is necessary to the security of a free State

  17. Section 265.01 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree

    N.Y. Penal Law § 265.01   Cited 776 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing possession of "metal knuckle knife" or "gravity knife"

  18. Section 400.00 - Licensing and other provisions relating to firearms

    N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00   Cited 365 times
    Noting that "good cause" may require "the denial of the license"

  19. Section 1294 - Circuits in which decisions reviewable

    28 U.S.C. § 1294   Cited 271 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Explaining that appeals from district courts generally must be taken “to the court of appeals for the circuit embracing the district”

  20. Section 265.20 - Exemptions

    N.Y. Penal Law § 265.20   Cited 105 times
    Providing that certain New York laws restricting possession of firearms do not apply to, inter alia, "[p]olice officers"