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McGlynn closes weapon ban trial recalling East St. Louis riots of 1917; 'What if they had the kind of weapons we are talking about here?'
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge McGlynn closed his bench trial on the constitutionality of the Illinois weapon ban with a story about a mob that killed dozens and burned homes in this city in 1917.
No sparks on second day of Illinois weapon ban trial in McGlynn's court
EAST ST. LOUIS - Two days of constitutional bench trial on the Illinois weapon ban produced no sparks and the second day ended with a thud.
Combat veteran testifies against Illinois firearm ban as trial opens in Southern District of Illinois
EAST ST. LOUIS - Military expert Jeffrey Eby of Missouri testified at trial on the Illinois weapon law that among dozens of firearms legislators banned, two or three could be useful in combat.
GOP House candidates rail against defunding of Invest in Kids with DNC as backdrop
CHICAGO - Republican candidates for the General Assembly stood for school choice at an outdoor exercise in free speech near the Democratic national convention.
McGlynn preparing for September trial on state gun ban; Neither side will call historians to testify
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn, preparing for a September trial on the state’s weapon ban, finds his parties have planned a hybrid event of paper and people.
When is a suspect too dangerous to release? Answers may come from two appeals
SPRINGFIELD - Supreme Court Justices picked two cases to guide local and appellate judges in deciding when to declare a suspect too dangerous to release.
State's weapon ban expert - 'rain making trauma surgeon' - on administrative leave
Surgery professor Martin Schreiber filled 100 pages with his credentials as Gov. Pritzker’s expert on assault weapons but didn’t mention that Oregon Health and Science University placed him on administrative leave.
Proposed statewide class action in Southern District court challenges constitutionality of tax deed foreclosures
EAST ST. LOUIS - Illinois counties violate the U.S. Constitution when they hold and sell liens on properties with overdue taxes, former homeowners and a business in East St. Louis alleged at district court on April 10.
McGlynn moves forward with gun ban litigation, says he won't wait for gov to figure out what they actually passed
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn told Assistant Attorney General Christopher Wells he won’t wait for the state to explain the choices legislators made in the weapon ban they passed last year.
McGlynn denies motion to stay gun ban challenge, says it's time to 'decide what you’re fighting over'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Plaintiffs challenging Illinois' so-called "assault weapon" ban moved to stay proceedings with agreement from the state’s lawyer, but U.S. District Judge McGlynn told them it was time to move forward.
Oversight committee raised questions about 'assault weapons' ban ahead of Monday's registration deadline
SPRINGFIELD - As the new year begins, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ban on so-called "assault weapons" takes effect under emergency rules that still leave many questions unanswered.
McGlynn denies preliminary injunction so gun ban dispute can move forward, saying 'Gov. exists to serve us, not lord over us'
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn ended what he called preliminary wrangling over the state's controversial weapon law, or the Protect Illinois Communities Act (PICA), so he can decide whether it violates a constitutional right to bear arms.
McGlynn hears arguments on firearm registration injunction; State counsel: Ignorance of statute is no defense to criminal prosecution
EAST ST. LOUIS - Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois can move to enjoin registration of weapons and parts after the deadline passes on Jan. 1, U. S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn said at a hearing on Dec. 12.
Apple rejects proposal to amend BIPA suit by subdividing the class, demands explanation of the 'undeveloped argument'
EAST ST. LOUIS - Apple rejected an "undeveloped" proposal from class action lawyers Jerome Schlichter and Andrew Schlichter of St. Louis to reduce the size of a class by adding plaintiffs “to conform to the evidence adduced.”
Everytown for Gun Safety and others file amicus briefs supporting gun liability law, claiming 'bad actors in the gun industry ... enable gun violence'
BENTON - Limits in federal law on civil liability of gun makers and dealers for crimes shouldn’t interfere with expansion of their civil liability in Illinois, private groups argued as friends of U.S. District Court on Oct. 23.
Raoul moves to dismiss constitutional challenge to firearm liability law
BENTON - Illinois attorney general Kwame Raoul claims U. S. District Judge Staci Yandle lacks jurisdiction over a challenge to the Firearm Industry Responsibility Act because he hasn’t started enforcing it.
McGlynn hears arguments on vaguness claim in gun ban challenge, raising concerns about constructive possession
EAST ST. LOUIS - U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn pried confirmation out of Assistant Attorney General Chris Wells of the possibility that law enforcement could arrest whole families in their homes, all occupants of vehicles and other groups in the presence of unregistered regulated weapons or devices that Illinois criminalized.
McGlynn to hear arguments on gun ban 'vagueness' claim
EAST ST. LOUIS – While U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn awaits a Seventh Circuit decision on his injunction against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s weapon ban law, he tackles a claim that owners won’t know how to comply due to vagueness.
Dugan dismisses shaving cream ingredient suit, cites attorney's 'wrecking ball' reputation
EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. District Judge David Dugan dismissed a suit alleging misrepresented "pure" ingredients in shaving cream against Procter & Gamble on Aug. 17, and he issued a warning to lawyer Spencer Sheehan by citing a judge who called Sheehan a "wrecking ball."
IL Supreme Court denies BIPA rehearing; Overstreet dissents, calling 'excessive' liability an 'absurd result' of the law
EAST ST. LOUIS – North Carolina software provider Center Edge settled a biometric privacy suit for an amount beyond its insurance coverage in anticipation of a Supreme Court decision that has made the position of biometric defendants even worse, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied a rehearing on the issue.