{"id":4351,"date":"2011-06-02T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/06\/02\/nra-ila-statement-on-courts-decision-on\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:14:47","slug":"nra-ila-statement-on-courts-decision-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4351","title":{"rendered":"NRA-ILA Statement On Court’s Decision On Attorneys’ Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Cox, head of the NRA-ILA, released this statement this afternoon regarding the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding the awarding of attorneys’ fees in NRA et al v. City of Chicago et al<\/em> and McDonald et al v. Chicago et al<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds NRA Entitled to Attorneys\u2019 Fees in Lawsuits Against Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois<\/p>\n

Thursday, June 02, 2011<\/p>\n

Fairfax, VA\u2014Today, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals conclusively and forcefully held, without need for oral argument, that the National Rifle Association has the right to recover attorneys\u2019 fees in its lawsuits against the city of Chicago’s and the village of Oak Park\u2019s unconstitutional gun bans. The court held that the NRA was a prevailing party in the case of National Rifle Association v. City of Chicago and Village of Oak Park. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a Second Amendment victory and a civil rights victory. The National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment prevailed against those who sought to deny the right to keep and bear arms in Chicago and Oak Park,\u201d said Chris W. Cox, executive director of NRA\u2019s Institute for Legislative Action. \u201cThe attempt to avoid paying the NRA\u2019s attorneys\u2019 fees was rightly found to be unjust by the Court.” <\/p>\n

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right to keep and bear arms for all Americans in the historic McDonald v. Chicago and NRA v. Chicago and Oak Park cases, it remanded them for the purpose of issuing an injunction against Chicago and Oak Park’s unconstitutional gun ordinances. Before that injunction was issued, however, those ordinances were repealed. The City and the Village then argued that the NRA was not a prevailing party and should not be allowed to recover attorneys\u2019 fees. The District Court, which originally ruled against the NRA, agreed and denied the fee award.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Seventh Circuit decision overturns that ruling, holding instead that the NRA is indeed a prevailing party and is entitled to receive reimbursement for attorneys\u2019 fees. The amount to be recovered will be established by the District Court. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a major victory for the NRA. While we are grateful to recover our attorneys\u2019 fees, however, we remain steadfast in our belief that Chicago and Oak Park continue to circumvent the law of the land and deny their law-abiding residents the Second Amendment freedoms protected by the Constitution. We will continue to fight those efforts until the Second Amendment is fully respected,” concluded Cox.<\/i> \n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I see Mr. Cox still has a problem saying the name of the attorney who won the case actually heard in the Supreme Court as well as the Heller case. Let me say it for him – AH-lin Grrr-AH.<\/p>\n

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