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McDonald v. City of Chicago
United States Supreme Court
561 U.S. 742 (2010)
Facts
Petitioners challenged a law enacted by the City of Chicago (respondent) that prohibited Chicago residents from possessing handguns, claiming that the law violated the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Alito, J.)
Concurrence (Alito, J.)
Concurrence (Thomas, J.)
Concurrence (Scalia, J.)
Dissent (Breyer, J.)
Dissent (Stevens, J.)
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