New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, New York
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 27, 2020 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 27, 2020
- Term
- October Term 2019
- Vote
- 6–3
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Unclear
- Ideological direction
- Unspecifiable
Opinion excerpt
Per Curiam. In the District Court, petitioners challenged a New York City rule regarding the transport of firearms. Petitioners claimed that the rule violated the Second Amendment. Petitioners sought declaratory and injunctive relief against enforcement of the rule insofar as the rule prevented their transport of firearms to a second home or shooting range outside of the city. The District Court and the Court of Appeals rejected petitioners' claim. See 883 F.3d 45 (C.A.2 2018). We granted certiorari. 586 U.S. ----, 139 S.Ct. 939, 203 L.Ed.2d 130 (2019). After we granted certiorari, the State of New York amended its firearm licensing statute, and the City amended the rule so that petitioners may now transport firearms to a second home or shooting range outside of the city, which is the precise relief that petitioners requested in the prayer for relief in their complaint. App. 48. Petitioners' claim for declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to the City's old rule is therefore moot. Petitioners now argue, however, that the new rule may still infringe their rights. In particular, petitioners claim that they may not be allowed to stop for coffee, gas, food, or restroom breaks on the way to their second homes or shooting ranges outside of the city. The City responds that those routine stops are entirely permissible under the new rule. We do not here decide that dispute…
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