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SHEPARD v. MADIGAN

No. 11-CV-405-WDS.

863 F.Supp.2d 774 (2012)

Mary E. SHEPARD and the Illinois State Rifle Association, Plaintiffs, v. Lisa M. MADIGAN, solely in her official capacity as Attorney General of Illinois, Governor Patrick L. Quinn, solely in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Illinois, Tyler R. Edmonds, solely in his official capacity as the State's Attorney of Union County, Illinois, and Sheriff David Livesay, solely in his official capacity as Sheriff of Union County, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.

March 30, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Howard, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Terence Corrigan, Karen L. McNaught, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Springfield, IL, David A. Simpson, Chicago, IL, Joseph A. Bleyer, Bleyer & Bleyer, Marion, IL, Jonathan Lee Diesenhaus, Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

STIEHL, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the issue of whether the State of Illinois' Unlawful Use of a Handgun and Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Handgun statutes violate the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Under current Illinois law citizens are prohibited from carrying loaded, operable firearms in public. See, 720 ILCS §§ 5/24-1(a)(4); 5/24-1(a)(10); 5/24-1.6(a)(1)-(3)(B).<...

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