Legal Opinion
United States v. Casson
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided June 26, 1968No. Crim. A. 1890PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEEL, District Judge:
Defendant is charged in a one-count information with the unlawful possession of a firearm (sawed-off shotgun), as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5848(1) (1964), in violation of § 5851. The alleged dimensions of the gun which defendant is charged with possessing meet the definition of a firearm under 26 U.S.C. § 5848(1). This section forms part of the National Firearms Act, an interrelated statutory scheme for the taxation of certain classes of firearms, which, is described in detail in Haynes v. United. States, 390 U.S. 85, 87-89, 88 S.Ct. 722, 19 L.Ed.2d 923 (1968).
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Haynes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Norman Gene Sipes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Arthur Alonzo Mares v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Arthur Earl Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Clyde Marvin Thompson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States v. DavisDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1970
- Alexander Desimone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Leon GoodsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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