Leonard Fyock v. City of Sunnyvale

What the court held

Sunnyvale voters passed Measure C, barring possession of magazines holding more than ten rounds, and residents sought a preliminary injunction. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial, agreeing the ordinance burdened conduct within the Second Amendment but that intermediate scrutiny applied because it left handguns and lower-capacity magazines available, and that the city's evidence about large-capacity magazines in mass shootings and crimes against officers showed a reasonable fit with its public safety interests. The panel held the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding plaintiffs unlikely to succeed on the merits.

Summarized from the court's opinion.

What this case is about

Sunnyvale, California ban on large-capacity magazines

GunMapUSA summary of the issue, not a quotation from the court.

Key Dates

• 2015-03-04 — Decided

Sources

• CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08