Ronald Koons v. Attorney General New Jersey

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · decided 2025-09-10 · No. 23-1900

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

Nos. 23-1900 & 23-2043

RONALD KOONS; NICHOLAS GAUDIO; JEFFREY M. MULLER; GIL TAL; SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION INC; FIREARMS POLICY COALITION INC; COALITION OF NEW JERSEY FIREARM OWNERS; NEW JERSEY SECOND AMENDMENT SOCIETY

ATTORNEY GENERAL NEW JERSEY; SUPERINTENDENT NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE,

PRESIDENT OF NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE NEW JERSEY GENERAL ASSEMBLY Intervenors in District Court (D.N.J. No. 1:22-cv-07464)

AARON SIEGEL; JASON COOK; JOSEPH DELUCA; NICOLE CUOZZO; TIMOTHY VARGA; CHRISTOPHER STAMOS; KIM HENRY; ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY RIFLE AND PISTOL CLUBS INC.

ATTORNEY GENERAL NEW JERSEY; SUPERINTENDENT NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE

PRESIDENT OF THE NEW JERSEY STATE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE NEW JERSEY GENERAL ASSEMBLY Intervenors in District Court (D.N.J. No. 1:22-cv-07463)

Attorney General New Jersey and Superintendent New Jersey State Police, Appellants in 23-1900

Aaron Siegel, et al. Appellants in 23-2043 On Appeal from

(D.N.J. Nos. 1:22-cv-07464 and 1:22-cv-07463)

ORDER SUR PETITIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC

Present: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, BIBAS, PORTER, MATEY, PHIPPS, FREEMAN, MONTGOMERY-REEVES, CHUNG, BOVE, and MASCOTT, Circuit Judges

A majority of the active judges having voted for rehearing en banc in the above captioned cases, it is ordered that the petitions for rehearing are GRANTED. The Clerk of this Court shall list the cases for rehearing en banc. The opinion filed on September 10, 2025, amended on September 17, 2025, and the judgment entered on September 10, 2025 are hereby vacated.

BY THE COURT,

s/ Michael A. Chagares Chief Judge

Date: December 11, 2025 Sb/cc: All Counsel of Record

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