The parties exactly as the court lists them—not a claim about the merits.
Wolford v. Lopez
Judgment Issued.
The clerk's words are kept exactly as filed. We do not say who is winning.What the Court said
The wording below comes from the Court's published decision or opinion—not our own summary.
Official outcomeJudgment REVERSED and case REMANDED.
Read the published opinion ↗
- Decision date
- June 25, 2026
- Opinion author
- A
- October Term
- 2025
- Docket
- No. 24-1046
Orders, motions, and filings in the clerk's own words and sequence.
The official docket and available court documents attached to every update.
Judgment Issued.
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- First added here
- August 10, 2026
- Last entry
- July 27, 2026
No bill or executive-order citation is attached to this file.
Decision and docket history
The clerk's wording is shown verbatim and linked to the court's own document page where available.
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined as to Part II–B. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
Hawaii’s law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner’s express authorization violates the Second and Fourteenth Amendments. [609/1]
Open court document ↗Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners Jason Wolford, et al.
Open court document ↗Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief of Jason Wolford, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected PDF to be submitted--May 26, 2026)
Argued. For petitioners: Alan A. Beck, San Diego, Cal.; and Sarah M. Harris, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondent: Neal K. Katyal, Washington, D. C.
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument GRANTED.
Brief amici curiae of Property Law Professors Claire Priest, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amicus curiae of Prosecutors Against Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of Global Action On Gun Violence filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amicus curiae of Everytown For Gun Safety Support filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of The District of Columbia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of Professors of Property Law filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of City of Baltimore, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Brief of respondent Anne E. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii, filed. (Distributed)
Open court document ↗Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The record is electronic and is available on PACER.
CIRCULATED
Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument filed.
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., et al. filed.
Open court document ↗Brief amici curiae of California Gun Rights Foundation, et al. filed.
Open court document ↗Rulings in this case over time
Courts at different levels and stages can reach different results in the same case. Each entry is the court's own record; read it before drawing a conclusion.
4 entries, oldest first.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Granted
The court's record, as written
Petition GRANTED limited to Question 1 presented by the petition.
Outcome words in this text: GRANTED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Granted
The court's record, as written
Motion to file a supplemental brief after argument filed by petitioners GRANTED.
Outcome words in this text: GRANTED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
ReversedRemanded
The court's record, as written
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Alito, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Barrett, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Thomas and Gorsuch, JJ., joined as to Part II–B. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
Outcome words in this text: REVERSED, REMANDED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Other
The court's record, as written
Judgment Issued.
This text does not state an outcome in words we recognize. It is shown as written.
Method: an entry is marked with an outcome only when its own text contains the outcome word, and the word is shown beside it. Orders, opinions and judgments whose text does not say are marked Other. Party filings, notices and routine procedural orders (appearances, extra pages, time extensions, scheduling) are not listed; 57 such entries were left out of this case. No link between this case and any other case is recorded in our data, so only this case's own record is shown. Open the court's docket
Source record
Hearing, press and court recordings
Supreme Court of the United States · January 20, 2026
License: Audio is linked from supremecourt.gov and is not copied or rehosted.
Attached only where an official listing names this record's exact number or title. Nothing loads from YouTube until you choose "Load player"; the video is never copied to Power & Politics.
