30 Cited authorities

  1. District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

    554 U.S. 570 (2008)   Cited 3,426 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. Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.

    494 U.S. 472 (1990)   Cited 3,290 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding mootness destroys subject-matter jurisdiction
  3. Knox v. Serv. Employees Int'l Union

    567 U.S. 298 (2012)   Cited 809 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a post-certiorari offer to class members to fully refund the collection of disputed union dues did not moot the case
  4. Northeastern Florida Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America v. City of Jacksonville

    508 U.S. 656 (1993)   Cited 1,031 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding contractors suing over the set-aside of certain state contracts based on race had standing to advance an equal protection claim because they were "able and ready" to bid on the contracts
  5. City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc.

    455 U.S. 283 (1982)   Cited 986 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that mootness was not the necessary result when nothing in the record suggested that a city's decision to repeal challenged language in an ordinance would preclude it from reenacting the same language if the district court's judgment were vacated
  6. Ezell v. City of Chicago

    651 F.3d 684 (7th Cir. 2011)   Cited 527 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the right to possess firearms "implies a corresponding right to acquire and maintain proficiency in their use"
  7. Bell v. City of Boise

    709 F.3d 890 (9th Cir. 2013)   Cited 262 times
    Holding that the defendants "failed to meet their heavy burden to make it ‘absolutely clear that the allegedly wrongful behavior ... could not reasonably be expected to recur’ " (quoting Friends of the Earth , 528 U.S. at 189, 120 S.Ct. 693 )
  8. Moore v. Madigan

    702 F.3d 933 (7th Cir. 2012)   Cited 243 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding Illinois licensing scheme for open carry unconstitutional
  9. Massachusetts v. Oakes

    491 U.S. 576 (1989)   Cited 145 times
    Holding that an overbreadth challenge to a child pornography law was rendered moot by amendment to the statute
  10. Clark v. City of Lakewood

    259 F.3d 996 (9th Cir. 2001)   Cited 235 times
    Holding that the owner of an adult entertainment establishment had overbreadth standing to pursue a First Amendment challenge against provisions of an ordinance that required the employees of such establishments to obtain a license because the licensing scheme — although not directly applicable to the owner — threatened his business's viability
  11. Section 720 ILCS 5/24-1.6 - Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon

    720 ILCS 5/24-1.6   Cited 878 times
    Defining the crime of "Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon" to include the open carry of a firearm