RSM, INC. v. BUCKLES

No. 00-1777.

254 F.3d 61 (2001)

RSM, INCORPORATED, d/b/a Valley Gun of Baltimore; Sanford Abrams; Jane Doe; John Doe, I; John Doe, II, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bradley A. BUCKLES, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Defendant Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: June 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Scott Raab, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Stephen Porter Halbrook, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Mark B. Stern, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Imelda M. Koett, Associate Chief Counsel, Abigail Roth, Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

Christopher A. Conte, Frederick, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Reversed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs challenge a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms ("BATF") letter requiring federal firearms licensees to submit certain record information to BATF. The district court held that the letter violated Section 106 of the Firearms Owners' Protection Act of 1986, 18 U.S.C. § 926(a)...

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