Legal Opinion
Clifford Tyler v. Hillsdale County Sheriff's Dep't
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2014No. 13-1876PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER and GIBBONS, JJ., joined. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 344-45); delivered a separate concurring opinion.
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
This case presents an important issue of first impression in the federal courts: whether a prohibition on the possession of firearms by a person “who has been committed to a mental institution,” 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4), violates the Second Amendment. Twenty-eight years ago, Clifford Charles Tyler was involuntarily committed for less than one month after allegedly undergoing an emotionally devastating divorce.…
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