Legal Opinion
United States v. Rehlander
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 2012No. 10-1812, 10-1831PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Small and Nathan Rehlander were each involuntarily admitted to psychiatric hospitals under Maine’s “emergency procedure,” Me.Rev.Stat. tit. 34-B, § 3863 (2011), and each was later convicted for possessing firearms after having been “committed to a mental institution.” 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4) (2006). This court has previously held that a section 3863 hospitalization qualifies as a “commitment” under section 922(g)(4), 1 but appellants say that District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637 (2008), has altered the equation.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- District of Columbia v. HellerSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- McDonald v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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