Legal Opinion
United States v. Weaver
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 24, 2011No. 10-4885PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
The question here is whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(h), which prohibits a person from possessing a firearm while “employed for” a convicted felon, applies only to persons employed for tangible compensation. After holding that § 922(h) requires the government to prove some form of payment— and noting the government’s concession that it could not make such a showing here — the district court granted defendants’ motions to dismiss all…
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