TYLER v. HILLSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 13-1876.

775 F.3d 308 (2014)

Clifford Charles TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HILLSDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lucas J. McCarthy , Hartwell, Failey & McCarthy, PLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Anisha S. Dasgupta , United Stated Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lucas J. McCarthy , Hartwell, Failey & McCarthy, PLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant. Anisha S. Dasgupta , Michael S. Raab , United Stated Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellees. James L. Dyer , Johnson, Rosati, Schultz & Joppich, P.C., Lansing, Michigan, for County Appellees.

BOGGS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER and GIBBONS, JJ., joined. GIBBONS, J. (pp. 344-45), delivered a separate concurring opinion.


OPINION

This case presents an important issue of first impression in the federal courts: whether a prohibition on the possession of firearms by a person "who has been committed to a mental institution," 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(4), violates the Second Amendment. Twenty-eight years ago, Clifford Charles Tyler was involuntarily...

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