Legal Opinion

McMullen v. United States

District Court, C.D. California

Decided October 30, 1972No. 72-926-IHPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AFFIRMING DENIAL OF LICENSES UNDER FEDERAL FIREARMS ACT

IRVING HILL, District Judge.

In what is apparently a case of first impression, the Court herein construes provisions of the Federal Firearms Act under which certain types of prior state criminal convictions disqualify an applicant from obtaining a federal license as a firearms dealer or curio collector.

Petitioner filed applications with the Internal Revenue Service of the Treasury Department, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division, for two licenses, one as a firearms dealer under 18 U.S.C. § 923(a), and the other as a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. Eddie Jackson Houston, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  2. Wallace F. Thrall v. Cecil M. Wolfe, Regional Commissioner, Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  3. United States v. Mark Steven PlaceCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
  4. Bellum v. Pennsylvania State PoliceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. McMullen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974

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