Legal Opinion

Navegar, Incorporated and Penn Arms, Incorporated v. United States

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided January 3, 1997No. 96-5088PublishedCited by 139 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Federally-licensed firearms manufacturers Navegar, Inc. (doing business as “Intratec”) (“Intratec”) and Penn Arms, Inc. (“Penn Arms”) filed a complaint in federal district court on March 3,1995, seeking a declaratory judgment that certain provisions of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub.L. No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 (“the Act”), were outside of Congress’ enumerated powers, unconstitutional Bills of Attainder, and vague in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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  2. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by139 opinions

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