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Hiley v. Barrett

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Sep 21, 1998
155 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 1998)

Summary

finding that a deputy sheriff who was terminated after the passage of the Lautenberg Amendment had standing to challenge the constitutionality of § 922(g) because his termination was fairly traceable to the enactment of § 922(g)

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Opinion

No. 97-9006.

DECIDED September 21, 1998

Robert N. Wilson, Jr., Monahan Padellaro, Cambridge, MA, Curt Thompson, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Mark B. Stern, Robert M. Loeb, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Sharon Douglas Stokes, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (No. 1:97-CV-276-RCF); Richard C. Freeman, Judge.

HATCHETT, Chief Judge, HULL, Circuit Judge, and LENARD, District Judge.

Honorable Joan A. Lenard, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, sitting by designation.


This case is affirmed for the reasons stated in the district court's thorough and well-reasoned order dated July 2, 1997, and cited as 968 F. Supp. 1564 (N.D. Ga. 1997).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Hiley v. Barrett

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Sep 21, 1998
155 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 1998)

finding that a deputy sheriff who was terminated after the passage of the Lautenberg Amendment had standing to challenge the constitutionality of § 922(g) because his termination was fairly traceable to the enactment of § 922(g)

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adopting the reasoning of the district court in Nat'l Ass'n of Gov't Emps., Inc. v. Barrett, 968 F. Supp. 1564, 1577-78 (N.D. Ga. 1997) ("Because § 922(g) is a valid exercise of Congress' commerce authority, it cannot violate the Tenth Amendment.")

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adopting the reasoning of the district court in Nat'l Ass'n of Gov't Emps.,Inc. v. Barrett, 968 F. Supp. 1564, 1577-78 (N.D. Ga. 1997) ("Because § 922(g) is a valid exercise of Congress' commerce authority, it cannot violate the Tenth Amendment.")

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affirming the district court's decision upholding § 922(g)'s constitutionality against commerce clause, equal protection, substantive due process, ex post facto, bill of attainder, and Tenth Amendment attacks

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affirming "for the reasons stated in the district court's thorough and well-reasoned order."

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Case details for

Hiley v. Barrett

Case Details

Full title:William S. HILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jacqueline H. BARRETT, Sheriff…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Sep 21, 1998

Citations

155 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 1998)

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