Legal Opinion
United States v. Cunningham
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 4, 1998No. 97-3419PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to decide whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Commerce Clause when it enacted 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which renders it unlawful for any person who is subject to a protective order that prohibits domestic violence to “possess in or affecting commerce ... any firearm.” We hold that section 922(g)(8) is constitutional, and AFFIRM the defendant’s conviction.
I
On September 16, 1996, a Florida circuit judge, in Florida’s Second Judicial Circuit, entered an “injunction against repeat violence” that enjoined Ivan Russell Cunningham…
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