District of Columbia v. Heller

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate	2008-03-18
gptkbp:citation	554 U.S. 570
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	2008-06-26
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Dick_Anthony_Heller
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:David_Souter gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:docketNumber	07-290
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:District_of_Columbia,_et_al._v._Dick_Anthony_Heller
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.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Appeal_from_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	District of Columbia v. Heller
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy gptkb:John_Roberts gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:District_of_Columbia
gptkbp:predecessor	Second Amendment jurisprudence
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:McDonald_v._City_of_Chicago
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:constitutional_law Gun control
gptkbp:subsequentHistory	Remanded
gptkbp:votingSystem	5-4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:High_Court_of_Justice gptkb:Antonin_Scalia gptkb:Clarence_Thomas gptkb:Second_Amendment gptkb:Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5