THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS CO. v. BAKER

Civ. No. 87-260-D.

686 F.Supp. 38 (1988)

THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS COMPANY, A DIVISION OF THE K.W. THOMPSON TOOL COMPANY, INC. v. James A. BAKER III, Secretary of the Treasury, Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

April 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Gordon, Concord, N.H., Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, Va., for plaintiff.

Gretchen Leah Witt, Asst. U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., for defendants.


ORDER

DEVINE, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff Thompson/Center Arms Company ("TCA"), a firearms manufacturer, seeks a declaratory judgment that possession of a Contender pistol in conjunction with a Contender Carbine Kit does not constitute possession of a "firearm" under 26 U.S.C. § 5845(a) or a "short-barreled rifle" as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 921(a)(8). Jurisdiction is asserted under Article III, section 2 of the United States Constitution, 28 U.S. C....

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