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UNITED STATES v. BEAN

No. 01-704.

537 U.S. 71 (2002)

UNITED STATES ET AL. v. BEAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General McCallum, Irving L. Gornstein, Mark B. Stern, and Thomas M. Bondy.

Thomas C. Goldstein argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Larry C. Hunter and Amy Howe.*

THOMAS, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

JUSTICE THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We consider in this case whether, despite appropriation provisions barring the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) from acting on applications for relief from firearms disabilities of persons convicted of a felony, a federal district court has authority under 18 U. S. C. § 925(c) to grant such relief.

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After attending a gun show in Laredo, Texas, respondent, Thomas Lamar Bean, a...

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