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U.S. v. Jester, No. 97-2597 (7th Cir.) (139 F.3d 1168) (April 6, 1998) (Judge Joel L. Flaum)

Case held that exemption portion of statute, permitting some classes of felons to own guns, does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.

Among its holdings in this case, the Court ruled that felons are not a protected class for purposes of the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause ...

 

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