District of Columbia, et al. v. Dick Anthony Heller

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
gptkbp:arguedDate	March 18, 2008
gptkbp:category	United States Supreme Court cases of the Roberts Court 2008 in United States case law United States firearms case law
gptkbp:citation	554 U.S. 570
gptkbp:date	June 26, 2008
gptkbp:decision	5-4
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:David_Souter gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:docketNumber	07-290
gptkbp:heldBy	The Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. The District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that firearms in the home be kept nonfunctional violate the Second Amendment.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	District of Columbia, et al. v. Dick Anthony Heller
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:John_Roberts gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:petitioner	gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:McDonald_v._City_of_Chicago
gptkbp:response	gptkb:Dick_Anthony_Heller
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Second_Amendment gun control firearm regulation
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6