WVCDL Litigation

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.

• Complaint (PDF)
• Defendants' First Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
  
• Brief in Support of Defendants' First Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
• WVCDL Brief in Opposition to Defendants' First Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
• Declaration of Arthur Thomm, II (PDF)
• Defendants' Reply in Support of Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
• Amended Order Denying Defendants' First Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
• Joint Motion for Extension of Time to File Resposes to [16] Order Denying Defendants' Pre-Answer Motion to Dismiss (PDF)
• WVCDL Response and Objections to Proposed Pullman Abstention (PDF)
• Defendants' Response in Support of Proposed Pullman Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL's First Notice of Supplemental Legal Authority (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Reply to Defendants’ Memorandum in Support of Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (PDF)
• Amended Order Granting WVCDL's Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint (PDF)
• First Amended Complaint (PDF)
• Answer by All Defendants to First Amended Complaint (PDF)
• Amended Order of Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion to Reconsider Order of Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Memorandum of Law in Support of WVCDL’s Motion to Reconsider Order of Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion to Strike Certain Insufficient Defenses or, in the Alternative, Test Certain Defenses in the Defendants’ Answer (PDF)
• Declaration of James M. Mullins, Jr., in Support of WVCDL’s Motion to Strike Certain Insufficient Defenses or, in the Alternative, Test Certain Defenses in the Defendants’ Answer; WVCDL’s Motion to Reconsider Order of Abstention; and WVCDL’s Motion to Certify Questions (PDF) Exhibit A (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Memorandum of Law in Support of WVCDL’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and WVCDL’s Motion to Test Sufficiency of Certain Defenses (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion to Certify Questions of Law (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion to Permit Discovery (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (PDF)
• WVCDL’s Memorandum of Law in Support of WVCDL’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (PDF)
• Defendants' Response to WVCDL's Motion to Reconsider Amended Order of Abstention (PDF)
• WVCDL's Reply to the Defendants' Response to WVCDL's Motion to Reconsider Amended Order of Abstention (PDF)
• Order Denying WVCDL's Motion to Reconsider Amended Order of Abstention (PDF)
• Notice of Appeal of Amended Order of Abstention and Order Denying WVCDL's Motion to Reconsider Amended Order of Abstention (PDF)
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• Opening Brief of WVCDL on Appeal (PDF)
• Response Brief of City of Martinsburg in Appeal (PDF)
• Reply Brief of WVCDL on Appeal (PDF)