CITY OF CAMDEN v. BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Civil Action No. 99-4344 (JBS).

81 F.Supp.2d 541 (2000)

The CITY OF CAMDEN, Plaintiff, v. BERETTA U.S.A. CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

January 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Rodriguez, Kenneth I. Trujillo, Ira Neill Richards, Louis C. Ricciardi, Trujillo Rodriguez & Richards, Haddonfield, NJ, John A. Misci, Jr., City Attorney, Camden, NJ, Steven E. Fineman, Robert J. Nelson, Jonathan D. Selbin, Lieff Cabraser Heinmann & Bernstein, New York City, Richard S. Lewis, Joseph M. Sellers, Ari Karen, Michelle A. Exline, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, DC, Jonathan Schub, Sheller Ludwig & Badey, Philadelphia, PA, Dennis A. Hennigan, Brian J. Siebel, Jonathan E. Lowy, The Center To Prevent Handgun Violence Legal Action Project, Washington, DC, and David Kairys, Kairys Rudovsky Epstein Messing & Rau, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff.

John Renzulli, Anthony M. Pisciotti, Leonard Rosenbaum, Renzulli & Rutherford, Hackensack, NJ, for Defendants Arms Technology, Inc., Glock, Inc., Eagle Imports, Inc., and Import Sports, Inc.

William M. Griffin, III, Friday Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR, of counsel, for Defendant Arms Technology, Inc.

Louis R. Moffa, Jr., Craig A. Livingston, Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Cherry Hill, NJ, Lawrence S. Greenwald, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Goffberger & Hollander LLC, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

David R. Gross, Timothy A. Bumann, Pamela B. Betlow, Dana S. Mancuso, Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade PC, Short Hills, NJ, for Defendants Bryco Arms, Inc. and Taurus Intern. Mfg., Inc.

James C. Sabalos, Newport Beach, CA, of counsel, for Defendant Bryco Arms, Inc.

Alan E. Kraus, Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP, Morristown, NJ, Robert Klonoff, Thomas E. Fennell, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, for Defendant Colt's Mfg., Inc.

Timothy G. Atwood, Shelton, CT, for Defendant Intern. Armaments Corp.

Louis Niedelman, Cooper Perskie April Niedelman Wagenheim & Levenson, Atlantic City, NJ, James R. Branit, Bullaro & Caston, Chartered, Chicago, IL, for Defendant Navegar, Inc., d/b/a Intratec USA Corp.

Joseph Tripodi, Post Polak Goodsell & MacNeil, Roseland, NJ, for Defendant Navy Arms Co., Inc.

Steven Kudatzky, Bradley T. Beckman, Beckman and Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant North American Arms, Inc.

Robert C. Tarics, Tarics & Carrington PC, Houston, TX, for Defendant Phoenix Arms.

William Krauss, Robert L. Joyce, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Sigarms, Inc.

Louis John Dughi, Jr., Dughi and Hewitt, Cranford, NJ, James P. Dorr, Anne G. Kimball, Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for Defendants Smith & Wesson Corp. and Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Richard Mayberry, Mayberry & Associates, Washington, DC, for Defendant American Shooting Sports Council, Inc.

Douglas E. Kliever, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Washington, DC, for Defendants National Shooting Sports Foundation and Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer's Institute, Inc.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This case calls upon the Court to decide whether an exclusively state law-based lawsuit brought by a municipality against an array of firearms manufacturers and distributors may be removed to federal Court on the basis that the plaintiff's stated claims are completely preempted by the Commerce, Import/Export, and Due Process clauses of the...

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