Legal Opinion
Kuhn v. Cissel
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1979No. 14152PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Appellant, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, sued appellee, the property clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department, for the return of his shotgun which had been voluntarily surrendered to the police by a third party. The trial court refused to order the shotgun returned, ruling that it was a “dangerous article” within the meaning of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-32171 and must be disposed of accordingly. We affirm on other grounds.
In October 1976, appellant brought his shotgun into the District of Columbia to loan to a friend. The gun remained in the friend’s custody until…
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- Fesjian v. JeffersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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- Lewis v. AderholdtDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
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