Second Amendment Cases

Here are decisions cited by liberal health groups in their amici curiae briefs that they filed in D.C. v. Heller against an individual right to bear arms under the Second Amendment:

The precedents relied upon by the amici brief of the American Public Health Association, et al.:

• Bach v. Pataki, 408 F.3d 75 (2d Cir. 2005)
• Day v. State, 37 Tenn. (5 Sneed) 496 (1858)
• Fresno Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc. v. Van de Kamp, 965 F.2d 723 (9th Cir. 1992)
• Love v. Pepersack, 47 F.3d 120 (4th Cir. 1995)
• Peoples Rights Org. v. City of Columbus, 152 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 1998)
• Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)
• Quilici v. Vill. of Morton Grove, 695 F.2d 261, (7th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 863 (1983)
• Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U.S. 275 (1897)
• Silveira v. Lockyer, 312 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Stevens v. United States, 440 F.2d 144 (6th Cir. 1971)
• Thomas v. Members of City Council of Portland, 730 F.2d 41 (1st Cir. 1984)
• United States v. Darrington, 351 F.3d 632 (5th Cir. 2003)

The precedents relied upon by the amici brief of the American Academy of Pediatrics, et al.:

• Gabree v. King, 614 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1980)
• Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005)
• Osborne v. Ohio, 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Purity Extract and Tonic Co. v. Lynch, 226 U.S. 192 (1922)
• Quilici v. Morton Grove, 695 F.2d 261 (7th Cir. 1982)

The above two amici briefs of the American Public Health Association, et al., and the American Academy of Pediatrics, et al., completely ignore the following precedents:

• United States v. Emerson, 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001)
• Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)

See also

• Second Amendment rulings