Legal Opinion
Ray Dickens v. Phil Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1984No. 84-2134PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge:
Ray Dickens appeals the dismissal of his suit against Shelton Machine Works and three agents of the Bureau of Alchol, Tobacco, and Firearms which arose out of the agents’ seizure of certain pieces of metal that Dickens had given Shelton for modification. We affirm.
I
In August 1983 Dickens requested Shelton Machine Works (Shelton) to modify certain pieces of metal. He informed Shelton that the pieces ultimately would be assembled into machine guns. Because Shelton doubted the legality of the modifications, Shelton contacted appellant Lewis, an agent with the Bureau of…
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