WVCDL Litigation
The West Virginia Citizens
Defense League is currently involved in the following
cases in which WVCDL is defending every West Virginian's
right to keep and bear arms in court:
WVCDL et al. v. City of
Charleston et al.
On January 24, 2011, WVCDL
filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of West Virginia against the cities of
Charleston, South Charleston, and Dunbar, and their
respective mayors and police chiefs, challenging the
constitutionality and statutory validity of ordinances in
each of those cities prohibiting carrying a firearm on
city-owned property. Additionally, WVCDL is
challenging the constitutionality of Charleston's
restrictive handgun sales ordinances.
WVCDL v. City of Martinsburg et al.
On January 24, 2011, WVCDL
filed a lawsuit against the City of Martinsburg, its
mayor, its city manager, and its police chief in the U.S.
District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia,
challenging the constitutionality and statutory validity
of a Martinsburg ordinance prohibiting carrying a firearm
in city-owned buildings.
Campbell et al. v. City of Wheeling et al.
On May 11, 2011, WVCDL joined WVCDL member Keith Owen Campbell and his father, Larry Campbell, in a lawsuit against the City of Wheeling, its police chief, and 4 individual Wheeling police officers, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, challenging numerous violations of the Campbells' constitutional and civil rights while Keith Owen Campbell was lawfully and openly carrying his handgun on December 4, 2010, and the ongoing threat of further harassment of individuals who choose to open carry in the City of Wheeling.
