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THOMAS v. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL OF PORTLAND

No. 83-1786.

730 F.2d 41 (1984)

Peter B. THOMAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The MEMBERS OF the CITY COUNCIL OF PORTLAND, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murrough H. O'Brien, Portland, Me., with whom Dunlap & O'Brien, Portland, Me., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

William J. Kayatta, Jr., Portland, Me., with whom Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and COFFIN and BREYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Peter B. Thomas, argues that the City of Portland, Maine, and various city officials infringed his constitutional rights by denying him a permit to carry a concealed handgun. Established case law makes clear that the federal Constitution grants appellant no right to carry a concealed handgun. See, e.g., United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174, 178, 59 S.Ct. 816, 818, 83 L.Ed. 1206 (1939) (second amendment...

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