Legal Opinion

Aposhian v. Barr

District Court, D. Utah

Decided March 15, 2019No. Case No. 2:19-cv-37PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1151Guedes v. ATF , 356 F.Supp.3d 109, 129 n.3 (D.D.C. 2019) (rejecting challenges to the Final Rule's interpretations and the ATF's interpretive authority, noting the "ATF's clear authority to interpret and administer" the relevant statutes).

In addition to his explicit statutory authority, the Attorney General has been implicitly delegated interpretive authority to define ambiguous words or phrases in the NFA and the GCA. Congress did not define "automatically" or "single function of the trigger," and when Congress leaves terms in a statute undefined, the agency charged with administering that…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2009
  3. United States v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2015
  4. Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Administrative Review BoardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  5. United States v. ApelSupreme Court of the United States · 2014

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cargill v. GarlandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2023
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  3. Scott Hardin v. ATFCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2023
  4. Aposhian v. WhitakerDistrict Court, D. Utah · 2023
  5. Doe v. TrumpDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2020

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