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« Len Savage's gun arrested | Main | More reason to be glad I'm in Arizona »

Chicago 14th A appeal -- opening brief filed

Posted by David Hardy · 28 January 2009 08:31 PM

Right here.

Alan Gura was in Tucson tonight, and we caught dinner at Casa Molina. He is quite optimistic. The court announce argument date sometime after the answering brief is filed (if I remember that correctly). The earliest possible argument date would be in April, no idea if it'll come then, or later.

· Chicago gun case

3 Comments | Leave a comment

Mike O'Shea | January 28, 2009 10:15 PM | Reply

An interesting wrinkle -- if my memory's correct -- is that the Seventh Circuit does not disclose to the litigants the identity of the three judges assigned to the appellate panel until the day of oral argument! Very different from the practice of most other circuits, where you learn which judges are on your panel weeks or months in advance, and can (to some degree) tailor your presentation to your audience.

One other peculiarity of the Seventh Circuit -- they sometimes consider a case en banc (before the entire court) after it has been argued before a three-judge panel, but before the panel's opinion is published. If the panel believes a prior Seventh Circuit precedent needs to be overruled, it can circulate an opinion that does so and seek an en banc vote of the whole court to approve it. That might occur here, if the panel believes the Seventh Circuit needs to overrule aspects of its 1982 Quilici opinion.

No doubt a current Seventh Circuit practitioner could clear up any gaps in my recollection of that court's procedures.

Thomas Harris | January 30, 2009 12:19 PM | Reply

Is Alan Gura or anybody related set up with any form of "donation to the cause coffer"? I have a significant vested interest as my father lives in Oak Park, IL and I have to maintain his handguns here for him, even family heirlooms, as there's no practical means for storage for him in the Cook County area and most especially the Village of Oak Park that wouldn't be a legal violation and he's never even had a speeding ticket in his life, so he'd rather not go there.

Thank you,
Thomas

the terminator | February 4, 2009 7:02 PM | Reply

a just took a crap in my pants obama sucks go mccain

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