N.A.A.C.P. v. ACUSPORT, INC.

Nos. 99 CV 3999(JBW), 99 CV 7037(JBW).

271 F.Supp.2d 435 (2003)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Plaintiff, v. ACUSPORT, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

July 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Elisa Barnes, LLC by Elisa Barnes, Monica Connell, Matthew S. Nosanchuk, New York, NY, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People by Dennis Courtland Hayes, Angela Ciccolo, Baltimore, MD, Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence by Sayre Weaver, Carolyn Morrissette, La Harra, CA, for Plaintiff, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Saiber Schlesinger Satz & Goldstein, LLC by David R. Gross, Christopher M. Chiafullo, Newark, NJ, for Defendants, AcuSport, Inc.; Alamo Leather Goods, Inc.; Bangers, LP; Bill Hick's & Co.; Brazas Sporting Arms, Inc.; Camfour, Inc.; Chattanooga Shooting Supplies, Inc.; Davidson's, Inc.; Dixie Shooters' Supply, Inc.; Ellett Brothers, Inc.; Euclid Avenue Sales Co.; Hicks, Inc.; Interstate Arms Corp.; Kiesler's Police Supply, Inc.; Lew Horton Distributing Company, Inc.; Lipsey's, Inc.; Ron Shirk's Shooters Supply; RSR Group, Inc.; Southern Ohio Gun, Inc.; Sports South, Inc.; Valor Corporation; Walter Craig, Inc.; Williams Shooters Supply, Inc.; Zanders Sporting Goods, Inc.

Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, LLP by John F. Renzulli, Leonard S. Rosenbaum, New York, NY, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP by Jonann Coniglio, Will Griffin, Karen S. Halbert, Little Rock, AR, for Defendants, Arms Technology, Inc.; Browning Arms Co.

Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, LLP by John F. Renzulli, Leonard S. Rosenbaum, Scott C. Allan, New York, NY, for Defendants, Beemiller, Inc. d/b/a Hi-Point Firearms; Bersa S.A.; Century International Arms, Inc.; Eagle Imports, Inc.; European American Armory Corp.; Fratelli Tanfoglio S.n.c.; Glock Ges.m.b.H.; Glock, Inc.; Haskell Manufacturing, Inc.; Import Sports, Inc.; Israel Military Industries, Ltd.; K.B.I., Inc.; Kel-Tec CNC Industries, Inc.; Magnum Research, Inc.; Para-Ordnance, Inc.; Para-Ordnance Mfg. Inc.; SGS Importers International, Inc.

Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, LLP by Brian Preston Heermance, New York, NY, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes by Lauren Lacey, Guido Porcarelli, Robert E. Scott, Jr., Baltimore, MD, Bruinsma & Hewitt by Michael C. Hewitt, Costa Mesa, CA, for Defendants, B.L. Jennings, Inc.; Bryco Arms, Inc.

Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade by Timothy A. Bumann, Jennifer C. Kane, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants, Braztech International L.C.; Forjas Taurus SA; Heritage Manufacturing, Inc.; Rossi SA; Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.

Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom by Terry Moritz, Roger A. Lewis, Chicago, IL, Balber, Pickard, Battistoni, Maldonado & Van Der Tuin, P.C. by Thomas P. Battistoni, New York, NY, for Defendant Carl Walther GmbH.

Pino & Associates by Thomas Edward Healy, White Plains, NY, for Defendants, Ceska Zbrojovka, A.S.; CZ-USA, Inc.; Excel Industries.

By Timothy G. Atwood, Shelton, CT, for Defendants, Charco 2000, Inc.; International Armament Corp. d/b/a Interarms; L.W. Seecamp Company, Inc.; Uberti (U.S.A.), Inc.

Jones Day by Thomas E. Fennell, Michael L. Rice, Dallas, TX, Pino & Associates by Thomas Edward Healy, White Plains, NY, for Defendant, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC by Lawrence S. Greenwald, Catherine A. Bledsoe, Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant, Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta S.p.A.

Salviano & Tobias, P.C. by David G. Tobias, New York, NY, Wiedner & McAuliffe, Ltd. by Richard J. Leamy, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Defendants, Faber Bros., Inc.; Riley's, Inc.

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP by Robert L. Joyce, New York, NY, for Defendants, Hammerli Ltd., a.k.a. Hammerli GmbH; Sigarms Inc.; SIG/Sauer.

Scott L. Braum & Associates, Ltd. by Scott L. Braum, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant, MKS Supply Co.

Post, Polak, Goodsell & McNeill by Frederick B. Polak, Roseland, NJ, for Defendant, Navy Arms Company, Inc.

Beckman and Associates by Bradley T. Beckman, Craig D. Harvath, Shane J. Harrington, Alisa Pindziak Marion, Philadelphia, PA, for Defendant, North American Arms.

Tarics & Carrington, PC, by Michael J. Zomcik, Michael Branisa, Houston, TX, for Defendant, Phoenix Arms.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP by Gary R. Long, Jeffrey S. Nelson, Tina Marie Schaefer, Stacey Elaine Deere, Kansas City, MO, Greenberg & Traurig by Joel M. Cohen, New York, NY, for Defendant, Smith & Wesson Corp.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon by James P. Dorr, Anne Giddings Kimball, Chicago, IL, for Defendant, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

Friedman & Harfenist by Steven Jay Harfenist, Lake Success, NY, for Defendant Sylvia Daniel.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General by Peter B. Pope, Hilary Weisman New York, NY, for Observer, Attorney General of the State of New York.

Michael Cardozo, Corporation Counsel by Eric Proshansky, New York, N.Y. for Observer, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York.

United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York by F. Franklin Amanat, Vincent Lipari, Brooklyn, NY, for Observer, Attorney General of the United States.


MEMORANDUM, ORDER, AND JUDGMENT FINDINGS OF FACT AND LAW

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

                            Table of Contents

                          PART ONE
                       Summary of Case                              446

  I. Contentions of Parties..................................................446

 II. Factual Background .....................................................447

III. Law .....................

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