Legal Opinion
Philip v. Rice v. United States of America, Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 18, 1995No. 94-1547PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Circuit Judge.
I. Introduction
Appellant, Philip V. Rice (“Rice”), appeals an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissing his request for judicial review of appellee’s, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’s (“BATF”), refusal to process his application for relief from a firearm disability. Rice claimed that BATF acted contrary to the Gun Control Act of 1968 (“Act”), the Second Amendment and the Fifth Amendment.
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2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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