A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld an Illinois state ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a 2022 mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded. The appellate ruling also upheld several similar local laws in Illinois. The Democratic-backed state measure bans the sale and distribution of many kinds of high-powered semiautomatic "assault weapons," including AK-47 and AR-15 rifles, and large-capacity magazines.
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CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - Private lawyers who thought they could make millions of dollars by representing municipalities seeking to impose new fees on streaming video services lost again as the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a proposed class action by East St. Louis, Ill.