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United States","case_history":[{"changed_at":"2026-08-29T20:06:27.607808Z","explanation":"An official oral-argument transcript was verified.","status":"argued"}],"case_status":"argued","dek":"The dispute centers on whether a state's restoration of civil rights removes a prior misdemeanor from the federal violent felony definition.","dek_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 7-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 7-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-23"}],"dispositions":[],"latest_court_document_date":"2007-10-30T00:00:00Z","maturity":"official_transcript","official_detail_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcript/2007","official_disposition_urls":[],"official_docket_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/06-6911.html","primary_docket":"06-6911","revisions":[{"correction_note":"Rewritten to the concise citizen-facing editorial standard.","created_at":"2026-08-31T12:05:37.960951Z","maturity":"official_transcript","revision_number":1},{"correction_note":"Migrated to the dated official Court activity contract without model use.","created_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z","maturity":"official_transcript","revision_number":2}],"schema_version":"1.1","sections":[{"heading":"What this case is about","paragraphs":["This case tests the scope of the federal firearms ban. The government argues the statute clearly includes restored misdemeanors. the side that brought the case argues the exemption clause removes them."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 7-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 7-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-23"}]},{"heading":"How the case got here","paragraphs":["The Supreme Court heard oral argument in this case on October 30, 2007."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-15"}]},{"heading":"What each side wants","paragraphs":["the side that brought the case wants the Court to exclude restored misdemeanors from the violent felony definition.","The government wants the Court to include restored misdemeanors in the violent felony definition."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 7-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 7-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-23"}]},{"heading":"What each side says","paragraphs":["the side that brought the case argues the statute's exemption clause removes restored convictions from the ban.","The government argues the statute clearly defines these offenses as violent 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It determines which prior convictions trigger enhanced penalties. The outcome shapes how states manage civil rights restoration."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 7-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 7-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-23"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 7-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 7-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 4, lines 25-35","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 4, lines 25-35"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 23-31","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 23-31"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 45-9","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 45-9"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 5, lines 9-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 5, lines 9-15"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 19-21","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 19-21"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 6, lines 45-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 6, lines 45-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 7, lines 17-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 7, lines 17-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 25-25","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 25-25"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 29-33","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 29-33"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 8, lines 49-3","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 8, lines 49-3"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 31-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 31-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 9, lines 7-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 9, lines 7-23"}]}],"slug":"2007-06-6911-logan-v-united-states","term":"2007","title":"Does a restored misdemeanor conviction count as a violent felony?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 25, lines 7-37","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 25, lines 7-37"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-23","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2007/06-6911.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-23"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}