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Circuit court tosses NYC suit

Posted by David Hardy · 30 April 2008 10:44 AM

The 2nd Circuit has held that the NY City lawsuit must be dismissed. From the article, it sounds as if they rejected the antigun district judge, Jack Weinstein's approach that a suit based on state nuisance law wasn't covered by the Federal legislation.

Update: here's the the opinion in pdf.

· Gun manufacturer liability

3 Comments | Leave a comment

jon | April 30, 2008 11:13 AM | Reply

all i can think of is that scene in heat when mccauley (deniro) and sgt. drucker are just leaving alphonse after setting up a meeting, and on the way out mccauley yells back, "don't waste my m--f--ing time!"

Scott | April 30, 2008 11:56 AM | Reply

It's just too bad NY City wasn't ordered to pay legal fees, too.

straightarrow | April 30, 2008 1:34 PM | Reply

They should have been ordered to pay legal fees, otherwise they won, despite the ruling.

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