Wolford v. Lopez (609 U.S. 185)

The record

Term: 2025
Decided: Jun 25, 2026
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: Roberts Court
Disposition: —
Docket: 24-1046
U.S. Reports: 609 U.S. 185
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: Samuel Alito

Holding

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.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2025 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.