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· 4/4/1941

McCoy v. Cate

Citations

  • 117 F.2d 194
  • 1941 U.S. App. LEXIS 4203

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a statute banning the manufacture of semiautomatic assault weapons did not constitute a bill of attainder against gun manufacturers
  • holding that law preventing a company from selling particular products was not equivalent to historical employment bans
  • holding that “isolated statements are not sufficient to show a punitive intent”
  • Congressional Rec ord. establishes “disproportionate link between [assault] weapons and drug-trafficking and violent crime”
  • Congressional Record establishes “disproportionate link between [assault] weapons and drug-trafficking and violent crime”

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