Legal Opinion
Knife Rights, Inc. v. Vance
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 22, 2015No. Docket 13-4840-cvPublishedCited by 108 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REENA RAGGI, Circuit Judge:
In this action for declaratory and injunc-tive relief, plaintiffs John Copeland, Pedro Perez, Native Leather, Ltd., Knife Rights, Inc., and Knife Rights Foundation, Inc., invoke 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to charge the City of New York and the New York County District Attorney, Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., with applying New York law criminalizing the possession .of “gravity knives,” see N.Y. Penal Law §§ 265.00(5), 265.01(1), in such a way as to render the proscription unconstitutionally vague, thereby depriving plaintiffs of the notice mandated by due process. The United States…
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