The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case but limited its review to one of the two questions the group brought on appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. The arguments before the high court will center on whether the state may “presumptively prohibit the carry of handguns by licensed concealed carry permit holders on private property open to the public unless the property owner affirmatively gives express permission to the handgun carrier.”

In its brief requesting that the high court hear its case, the coalition argued the 9th Circuit’s ruling that “the Second Amendment does not apply to private property open to the public” makes “illusory the right to carry in public.”

The state defended the law in its brief to the Supreme Court, saying it was written to comply with the high court’s 2022 decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and that the case was too early in litigation for the justices to consider.

CALIFORNIA BAKER ASKS SUPREME COURT TO HEAR HER FIRST AMENDMENT CAKE CASE

The high court granted the petition to hear the case after it was distributed for its long conference on Monday. It was one of five cases the justices announced on Friday they would hear in the upcoming term.

The Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term begins Monday with oral arguments in a pair of cases, along with the release of another orders list with decisions on petitions the justices considered at the long conference earlier this week.