ECKERT v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 70-2825.

329 F.Supp. 845 (1971)

Charles F. ECKERT v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Eckert, pro se.

John Mattioni, Asst. City Solicitor, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MASTERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff has petitioned that this Court enjoin the City of Philadelphia from continuing to enforce various sections of its municipal ordinance which regulates the purchase and transfer of firearms. See Philadelphia Code, § 10-814, approved March 15, 1965. Plaintiff complains that the City, by enforcing this ordinance, is violating his federal constitutional right to keep and bear arms. The City of Philadelphia...

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