Summary: Challenge to California Assembly Bill 173, which requires the state’s Department of Justice to share the personal identifying information of millions of gun and ammunition owners with other parties for non-law-enforcement purposes.
Plaintiffs: Ashleymarie Barba, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, California Gun Rights Foundation, San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, Orange County Gun Owners PAC, and Inland Empire Gun Owners PAC
Defendants: California Attorney General Rob Bonta
Litigation Counsel: Bradley Benbrook and Stephen Duvernay
Docket: Case no. 37-2022-00003676, Court of Appeals case no. D081194
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Key Events & Filings:
- 2023-4-26: Appellant's Reply Brief
- 2023-3-23: Respondents' Brief
- 2023-2-21: Appellant's Opening Brief
- 2022-12-14: Order Denying Supersedeas Petition
- 2022-12-7: Respondents’ Opposition to Petition for Writ of Supersedeas and Answer to Petition
- 2022-11-22: Verified Petition for Writ of Supersedeas
- 2022-11-14: Answer to First Amended Verified Complaint
- 2022-11-3: Notice of Appeal filed by Bonta, Rob
- 2022-10-14: Minute Order
- 2022-10-13: Tentative Ruling
- 2022-7-22: Supplemental Brief Re: New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n. v. Bruen
- 2022-7-22: Reply In Support of Defendant’s Demurrer
- 2022-7-18: Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Demurrer
- 2022-7-18: Supplemental Authority
- 2022-7-15: Supplemental Brief
- 2022-6-3: First Amended Complaint
- 2022-5-27: Minute Order
- 2022-4-29: Reply Brief in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-4-22: Defendant’s Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction; Declarations, Other Documents
- 2022-3-24: Defendant’s Demurrer to Plaintiffs’ Verified Complaint
- 2022-3-3: Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
- 2022-1-28: Complaint
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