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DECKER v. GIBSON PRODUCTS CO. OF ALBANY, INC.

No. 80-7966.

679 F.2d 212 (1982)

Bruce A. DECKER, Shelley R. Decker, Henry L. Etheridge, Et Al., Etc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GIBSON PRODUCTS COMPANY OF ALBANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt, Burt & Rentz, Larry K. Butler, H. P. Burt, Albany, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edmund A. Landau, III, Albany, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, the children and the mother of a murder victim brought a negligence action against the seller of the handgun used to commit the murder. The sale of the gun violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(d)(1) of the Gun Control Act, which prohibits a licensed dealer from selling firearms to a felon. The district court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment. We reverse and remand.

The question on appeal is whether there...

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