Caulkins v. Pritzker
Illinois Supreme Court · No. 129453 · 228 N.E.3d 181
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
Reversed the judgment against the Act and upheld its exemptions under the state equal protection and special legislation clauses.
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What the court held
Plaintiffs argued that the Protect Illinois Communities Act's exemptions for trained professionals and grandfathered owners denied them equal protection and amounted to special legislation under the Illinois Constitution, and the circuit court entered declaratory judgment in their favor. The Illinois Supreme Court reversed and entered judgment for the state, holding the plaintiffs had not sufficiently alleged that they are similarly situated to the exempt classes. The court also held that any independent Second Amendment claim had been expressly waived below and that the failure to cross-appeal barred the three-readings claim, expressing no opinion on the waived federal constitutional question; two justices dissented.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
Illinois Protect Illinois Communities Act restrictions on firearms under the state constitution
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Key Dates
- 2023-08-11 — Decided
- 2023-05-16 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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