Current Litigation
NRA-ILA champions the right to keep and bear arms in courtrooms across the country. NRA’s many legal victories include the landmark Supreme Court decision, NYSRPA v. Bruen, which secured the right of all Americans to publicly carry arms. Below is a list of NRA-ILA’s active cases (including cases that NRA-ILA counsel are litigating or for which NRA-ILA provides funding) and amicus briefs (briefs supporting others’ litigation) filed in active cases.
FEDERAL CASES
U.S. Supreme Court
Cert Petitions
Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore — challenge to Maryland's Handgun Qualification License requirement for handgun possession.
Amicus Briefs:
Garland v. VanDerStok — challenge to the ATF's "frame or receiver" rule.
Lackey v. Stinnie — addressing whether governments that violate constitutional rights may avoid attorney fee awards by strategically mooting a case before final judgment.
Snope v. Brown — challenge to Maryland's ban on "assault weapons."
Antonyuk v. James — challenge to New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which restricts carry throughout the state.
S&W Brands v. Mexico — Mexican government’s lawsuit attempting to hold American firearm manufacturers liable for cartel violence in Mexico.
Second Circuit
New York
NYSRPA v. James — challenge to Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which restricts carry throughout the state.
Third Circuit
New Jersey
ANJRPC v. Grewal — challenge to ban on magazines with capacities over 10 rounds.
Delaware
DSSA v. DDSHS — challenge to ban on “assault weapons” and magazines with capacities over 17 rounds.
Neuberger v. DDSHS — challenge to Handgun Qualified Purchase Permit requirement for handgun purchases.
Seigel v. Platkin — challenge to A4769, which restricts carry throughout the state.
Fourth Circuit
Maryland
Kipke v. Moore — challenge to SB1, which restricts carry throughout the state.
Maryland Shall Issue v. Moore — challenge to Handgun Qualification License requirement for handgun purchases.
Virginia
LaFave v. County of Fairfax — challenge to ban on carrying in county parks, places adjacent to permitted events, and inside and adjacent to events that should be permitted but are not.
Fifth Circuit
Texas
NRA v. ATF — challenge to the ATF’s pistol brace rule.
Seventh Circuit
Illinois
Barnett v. Raoul — challenge to the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which bans “assault weapons” and “large-capacity magazines” (15 rounds for handguns and 10 rounds for long guns).
Eighth Circuit
North Dakota
FRAC v. Garland — challenge to the ATF’s pistol brace rule.
Amicus Brief
Worth v. Jacobson — challenge to Minnesota’s carry prohibition for 18-to-20-year-olds.
Ninth Circuit
California
Duncan v. Bonta — challenge to ban on magazines with capacities over 10 rounds.
Rhode v. Bonta — challenge to restrictions—including background check requirement— on ammunition purchases.
SCI v. Bonta — challenge to AB 2571, which bans the promotion of firearm-related products that may be attractive to minors.
DOW v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service;
WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. DOI;
NRDC v. U.S. DOI — consolidated actions supporting the removal of gray wolves from being classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act.
Oregon
Eyre v. Rosenblum — challenge to Measure 114, which imposes a permit-to-purchase requirement and bans magazines with capacities over 10 rounds.
Washington
Banta v. Ferguson — challenge to “assault weapon” ban.
Amicus Briefs
Fouts v. Bonta — challenge to California’s billy club ban.
Nguyen v. Bonta — challenge to California’s one-gun-per-month law.
Teter v. Lopez — challenge to Hawaii’s butterfly knife ban.
United States v. Duarte — challenge to federal prohibition on firearms possession by nonviolent felons.
Wolford v. Lopez — challenge to Hawaii’s carry restrictions.
Tenth Circuit
New Mexico
Ortega v. Lujan Grisham — challenge to 7-day waiting period requirement for firearm purchases.
Eleventh Circuit
Alabama
Butler v. Garland — challenge to the ATF's "engaged in the business" rule.
Florida
NRA v. Bondi — challenge to prohibition on firearm purchases by 18-to-20-year-olds.
Amicus Briefs
United States v. Ayala — challenge to federal ban on carrying firearms at post offices.
D.C. Circuit
District of Columbia / West Virginia
NWRA v. Haaland — opposing lead ammunition ban in the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
STATE CASES
California
Jaymes v. Maduros — challenge to excise tax on firearm and ammunition sales.
Illinois
Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Ali — challenge to Cook County’s supplemental tax on firearm and ammunition purchases.
Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Raoul — challenge to the Illinois Firearm Owners Identification Card Act, which requires residents to secure a license and pay a fee for permission to own a firearm.
