Ronald Koons v. Attorney General New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · No. 23-1900
⚖️Procedural — no merits ruling
order granting rehearing en banc and vacating the panel decision; no merits ruling
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What the court held
Gun owners and Second Amendment organizations challenged New Jersey's restrictions on carrying firearms in designated sensitive places, and a Third Circuit panel issued an opinion in September 2025. A majority of the court's active judges then voted to rehear the consolidated appeals en banc. The court granted the rehearing petitions, vacated the panel opinion and judgment, and listed the cases for argument before the full court.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
New Jersey sensitive-places restrictions on licensed concealed carry
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Key Dates
- 2025-09-10 — Decided
- 2026-02-11 — Argued
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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