machinegun-definition

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-62 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Scott A. Hardin Sixth Circuit 2023-07-21 Denied Relisted (3) administrative-law atf-rule automatic-weapon bump-stock due-process firearms-regulation machinegun-definition mass-shootings second-amendment statutory-interpretation Whether a bump stock device is a 'machinegun' as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b)
22-1222 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2023-06-20 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) 26-usc-5845 administrative-law atf-regulation bump-stock-prohibition bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-and-explosives chevron-deference machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-construction Whether the definition of 'machinegun' in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) includes non-mechanical bump stocks
22-976 Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. v. Michael Cargill Fifth Circuit 2023-04-07 Judgment Issued Amici (21)Relisted (4) 2nd-amendment administrative-law atf atf-rule bump-stock firearms firearms-regulation machinegun-definition national-firearms-act statutory-interpretation trigger-mechanism Whether a bump stock device is a 'machinegun' as defined in 26 U.S.C. 5845(b)
21-1215 Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-03-08 Denied Amici (3)Relisted (2) 2nd-amendment administrative-law agency-interpretation bump-stocks chevron-deference criminal-law criminal-statute firearms machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether the definition of 'machinegun' found in 26 U.S.C. §5845(b) is clear and unambiguous, and whether bump stocks meet that definition?
20-6249 Thomas F. Kuzma v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-11-06 Denied Response WaivedIFP 2nd-amendment administrative-law criminal-law criminal-penalties due-process federal-statute firearms machinegun-definition statutory-interpretation vagueness void-for-vagueness Is the definition of a machinegun in 26 U.S.C. § 5845(b) void for vagueness as applied here to a receiver (frame for a firearm) used to make a shop to…
18A1352 Damien Guedes, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, et al. District of Columbia 2019-06-21 Presumed Complete administrative-procedure-act chevron-deference criminal-enforcement machinegun-definition rule-of-lenity statutory-interpretation Whether Chevron deference applies to agency interpretations of criminal statutes that also have administrative applications when the statutory languag…