McDonald v. City of Chicago

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Second Amendment case United States Supreme Court case incorporation doctrine case landmark decision

McDonald v. City of Chicago is a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
McDonald v. City of Chicago canonical	6
McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Second Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ incorporation doctrine case ⓘ landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ gun rights ⓘ
arguedDate	March 2, 2010 ⓘ
citation	561 U.S. 742 ⓘ
concurringInPartAndInJudgmentBy	Clarence Thomas ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Second Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	June 28, 2010 ⓘ
decisionType	5–4 decision ⓘ
dissentingJustices	John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
docketNumber	08-1521 ⓘ
followedBy	subsequent Second Amendment challenges to state and local gun regulations ⓘ
fourteenthAmendmentClauseUsed	Due Process Clause ⓘ
fullName	McDonald v. City of Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.
holding	The Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is fully applicable to the states ⓘ
incorporationDoctrine	selective incorporation ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	whether the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states ⓘ
litigationStarted	2008 ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
originatingCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ
overturnedLaw	Chicago handgun ban ⓘ Oak Park, Illinois handgun ban ⓘ
petitioner	Otis McDonald ⓘ
pluralityJustices	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
precedentReliedOn	District of Columbia v. Heller ⓘ
relatedConcept	incorporation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ individual right to keep and bear arms ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	City of Chicago ⓘ
rightCharacterization	fundamental right ⓘ
seventhCircuitHolding	Second Amendment not incorporated against the states ⓘ
subsequentImpact	extended Heller’s Second Amendment protections beyond federal enclaves ⓘ limited ability of states and municipalities to ban handguns ⓘ
supremeCourtActionOnSeventhCircuit	reversed ⓘ
volume	561 ⓘ
year	2010 ⓘ

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Incorporation doctrine → keyCase → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → hasLandmarkCase → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution → interpretedIn → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

District of Columbia v. Heller → relatedCase → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

Timbs v. Indiana → relatedCase → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ

McDonald v. City of Chicago → fullName → McDonald v. City of Chicago self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: McDonald et al. v. City of Chicago, Illinois, et al.

United States Supreme Court cases → hasPart → McDonald v. City of Chicago ⓘ