WOLLSCHLAEGER v. GOVERNOR, FLORIDA

No. 12-14009.

848 F.3d 1293 (2017)

Dr. Bernd WOLLSCHLAEGER et al., Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. GOVERNOR, State of FLORIDA et al., Defendants/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 16, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier , Bruce S. Manheim, Jr. , Mariel Goetz , Julia Lewis , Augustine Ripa , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Jonathan E. Lowy , Daniel R. Vice , Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Washington, DC, Richard D. Batchelder, Jr. , Deanna Barkett FitzGerald , Alexandra Roth , Ropes & Gray, LLP, Boston, MA, Dennis G. Kainen , Weisberg Kainen Mark, PL, Hal M. Lucas , Hal M. Lucas, P.A., Edward M. Mullins , Astigarraga Davis , Miami, FL, Jordan E. Pratt , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jason Vail , Jolly Peterson & Truckenbrod, PA, Pam Bondi , Denise Mayo Harle , Rachel E. Nordby , Timothy David Osterhaus , Jonathan L. Williams , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Anthony T. Caso , Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Chapman Univ. School of Law, Orange, CA, Jordan E. Pratt , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, David H. Fry , Bryan H. Heckenlively , Juliana Mariko Yee , Munger Tolles & Olsen, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Richard Harry Levenstein , Kramer Sopko & Levenstein PA, Stuart, FL, Charles J. Cooper , Peter A. Patterson , David H. Thompson , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, David J. Weiner , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Thomas Richard Julin , Jamie Zysk Isani , Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, PA, Nancy Gbana Abudu , Maria Kayanan , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., Gerald Edward Greenberg , Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, PA, Grace Lee Mead , Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA, Miami, FL, Randall C. Marshall , American Civil Liberties Union, Montgomery, AL, Joseph Gary Samuel Greenlee , The Law Offices of David A. Helmer, LLC, Frisco, CO, Stephen Porter Halbrook , Stephen P. Halbrook Law Office, Fairfax, VA, Caleb R. Trotter , Deborah J. La Fetra , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Leonard Martin Reeder, Jr. , Reeder & Reeder, PA, Jupiter, FL, for Amici Curiae.

Paulette Brown , American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, William C. Hubbard , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Columbia, SC, American Bar Association, Richard J. Ovelmen , Justin Samuel Wales , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, Ari Simon Bargil , Institute For Justice, Miami, FL, Jordan E. Pratt , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, Michael David Sloan , Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, Paul Michael Sherman , Institute for Justice, Arlington, VA, Gregory Andrew Castanias , Charlotte Taylor , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Peter Canfield , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, J. Adam Skaggs , Everytown for Gun Safety, New York, NY, for Interested Parties-Amici Curiae.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Circuit Judge, and TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JULIE CARNES, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


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