EASTERDAY v. VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD (2021)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Daniel D. EASTERDAY et al., Appellants, v. The VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD et al., Appellees.

Docket No. 126840, 126849

Decided: November 18, 2021

Christian D. Ambler, of Stone & Johnson, Chtrd., of Chicago, and David H. Thompson (pro hac vice), Peter A. Patterson (pro hac vice), and Brian W. Barnes (pro hac vice), of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, of Washington, D.C., for appellants Guns Save Life, Inc., and John W. Wombacher III. David G. Sigale, of Law Firm of David G. Sigale, P.C., of Wheaton, for appellants Daniel D. Easterday, Illinois State Rifle Association, and Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. Christopher B. Wilson, Kathleen A. Stetsko, and Kathryn A. Campbell, of Perkins Coie LLP, and Steven M. Elrod and Hart M. Passman, of Elrod Friedman LLP, both of Chicago, and Jonathan E. Lowy, of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, of Washington, D.C., for appellees. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General, of Springfield (Jane Elinor Notz, Solicitor General, and Alex Hemmer, Deputy Solicitor General, of Chicago, of counsel), amicus curiae. Kimberly M. Foxx, State's Attorney, and Celia Meza, Acting Corporation Counsel, both of Chicago (Cathy McNeil Stein, Jessica M. Scheller, and Paul A. Castiglione, Assistant State's Attorneys, Lauren E. Miller, Special Assistant State's Attorney, and Benna Ruth Solomon, Myriam Zreczny Kasper, and Suzanne Loose, Assistant Corporation Counsel, of counsel), amici curiae. Nicholas E. Cummings and Brian George, of City of Evanston Law Department, of Evanston, Matthew D. Rose, of Donahue & Rose, P.C., of Rosemont, James V. Ferolo, of Klein, Thorpe & Jenkins, of Chicago, Stephen R. Miller, of Miller & Ellison, of Hazel Crest, Adam B. Simon, of Ancel Glink, of Vernon Hills, and Michael M. Lorge, of Village of Skokie, of Skokie, for amici curiae City of Evanston et al. Proskauer Rose LLP (David M. Hanna, Jennifer L. Roche, and Jessica M. Griffith, of Los Angeles, California, and Myron D. Rumeld, of New York, New York, of counsel), Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (Hannah Shearer and Esther Sanchez-Gomez, of San Francisco, California, and J. Adam Skaggs, of New York, New York, of counsel), and Everytown Law, of New York, New York (Eric Tirschwell and Molly Thomas-Jensen, of counsel), for amici curiae Everytown for Gun Safety et al.