The Supreme Court Database

Analysis Specifications

Analysis Outcome

Unit of Analysis

n/a

Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	OTIS MCDONALD, et al. v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 28, 2010
Date Argument	March 02, 2010
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	561 U.S. 742 130 S. Ct. 3020 2010 U.S. LEXIS 5523 177 L. Ed. 2d 894
Docket	08-1521

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Illinois Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Petitioner	resident
Respondent	city, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit Illinois

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Miscellaneous Criminal Procedure (cf. Due Process, Prisoners' Rights, Comity: Criminal Procedure) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Second Amendment
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Kennedy Roberts Alito regular concurrence Scalia Thomas dissent Stevens Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2009-091-01

Return to case listing

CONTACT

The Supreme Court Database has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation.