Defendant's Attorney: Shannon Wells Stevenson, Solicitor General (Philip J. Weiser, Attorney
General, Grant T. Sullivan, Assistant Solicitor General, Michael T. Kotlarczyk,
Senior Assistant Solicitor General, Matthew J. Worthington, Assistant
Attorney General, with her on the briefs) Colorado Department of Law

Description: Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the Constitutionality of a Colorado law.

On April 28, 2023, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a law duly
enacted by the Colorado General Assembly that established twenty-one (21)
as the minimum age for the sale and purchase of guns in Colorado. The law
was to take effect on August 7, 2023. Plaintiffs, two Coloradans and a
firearms advocacy group, filed suit in federal court and moved for a
preliminary injunction. Without a hearing, on August 7 – the day the law
was to take effect – the district court granted Plaintiffs’ motion and enjoined
the enforcement of the law, thus stopping the law from taking effect.

On behalf of the People of Colorado, Governor Polis timely appealed.
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).

Outcome: Reversed and remanded.

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