FRANK KRASNER LTD. v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

No. 04-1030.

401 F.3d 230 (2005)

FRANK KRASNER ENTERPRISES, LTD., d/b/a Silverado Gun Show, d/b/a Silverado Promotions; RSM, Incorporated, d/b/a Valley Gun & Police Supply; Robert D. Culver, Individually and Member of Montgomery Citizens for a Safer Maryland, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 11, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Clifford Lee Royalty, county attorney's office for the County of Montgomery, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant. Jonathan Paul Kagan, Brassel & Baldwin, P.A., Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Charles W. Thompson, Jr., County Attorney, Marc P. Hansen, Chief, General Counsel Division, Karen L. Federman Henry, Principal Counsel for Appeals, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant. Alexander J. May, Brassel & Baldwin, P.A., Annapolis, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before LUTTIG and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and W. Craig BROADWATER, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Reversed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Judge BROADWATER joined.

GREGORY, Circuit Judge:

In this case we examine whether a gun-show promoter and an exhibitor at that promoter's gun shows have standing to challenge in federal court a county law that denies public funding to venues that display and sell guns. We hold that no such standing exists. Accordingly, we reverse...

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