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ULSTER COUNTY COURT v. ALLEN

No. 77-1554.

442 U.S. 140 (1979)

COUNTY COURT OF ULSTER COUNTRY, NEW YORK, ET AL. v. ALLEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eileen F. Shapiro, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were Robert Abrams, Attorney General, Louis J. Lefkowitz, former Attorney General, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, Patricia C. Armstrong, Assistant Attorney General, and George D. Zuckerman, Assistant Solicitor General.

Michael Young argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

A New York statute provides that, with certain exceptions, the presence of a firearm in an automobile is presumptive evidence of its illegal possession by all persons then occupying the vehicle.1 The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that respondents may challenge the constitutionality of this statute in a federal...

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