No. 25-238

Cutberto Viramontes, et al. v. Cook County, Illinois, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-08-29
Status: Pending
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Relisted (6) Experienced Counsel
Tags: constitutional-rights fourteenth-amendment gun-rights individual-liberty second-amendment semiautomatic-weapons
Key Terms:
SecondAmendment DueProcess Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2026-02-20 (distributed 6 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR-15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Second and Fourteenth Amendments guarantee the right to possess AR -15 platform and similar semiautomatic rifles .

Docket Entries

2026-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
2026-01-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/23/2026.
2026-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/16/2026.
2026-01-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-12-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-12
Reply of petitioners Cutberto Viramontes, et al. filed. (Distributed)
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2025-11-12
Reply of Cutberto Viramontes, et al. submitted.
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2025-11-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-10-29
Brief of respondents Cook County, Illinois, et al. in opposition filed.
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2025-10-29
Brief of respondents Cook County, et al. in opposition filed.
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2025-10-29
Brief of Cook County, et al. in opposition submitted.
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2025-09-29
Brief amicus curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. filed.
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2025-09-29
Amicus brief of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc. submitted.
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2025-09-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 29, 2025.
2025-09-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 29, 2025 to October 29, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
Main Document
2025-09-19
Motion of Cook County, et al. for an extension of time submitted.
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2025-08-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)
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Attorneys

Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc.
Daniel L. Schmutter — Hartman & Winnicki, P.C., Amicus
Cook County, et al.
Jessica Megan Scheller — Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Respondent
Cutberto Viramontes, et al.
David H. Thompson — Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Petitioner