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Caleb Barnett, et al v. Kwame Raoul, et al
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3950 Constitutionality of State Statutes
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July 09, 2026
7th Circ. Upholds Ill. Ban On AR-15s, High-Capacity Magazines
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday upheld an Illinois state law banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, reversing a lower court that deemed it unconstitutional and holding that restrictions on highly lethal, military-style weapons are "consistent with the principles that underpin our nation's tradition of firearm regulation."
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September 22, 2025
DOJ Urges 7th Circ. To Affirm Strike Of Ill. Assault Rifle Ban
The Department of Justice's civil rights chief told a Seventh Circuit panel on Monday that an Illinois law banning assault weapons and high capacity magazines is unconstitutional and that the appellate court set an "inaccurate standard" when it denied an earlier bid to block the law's enforcement.
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January 01, 2025
Illinois Cases To Watch In 2025
Jurors will decide the fate of one of Illinois' most powerful politicians after a monthslong criminal racketeering trial and appellate courts could settle the debate over the retroactivity of damage limits to the state's much-litigated biometric privacy law, in just a few of the Illinois cases to watch in 2025.