CITY OF NEW YORK v. BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corporation Counsel of the City of New York by Melanie Ash, June R. Buch, Richard J. Costa, Eric Proshansky, Gail P. Rubin, New York City, Michael Elkin, Thomas Lane, Thelen, Reid & Priest, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff City of New York.

Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC by Lawrence S. Greenwald, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant Beretta U.S.A. Corp.

Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP by Jonann E. Chiles, Jamie Huffman Jones, Little Rock, AR, Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, LLP, by John F. Renzulli, Leonard S. Rosenbaum, Scott Charles Allan, New York, NY, for Defendant Browning Arms Co.

Jones Day, by Thomas E. Fennell, Mark R. Hall, Joseph Anthony Strazzeri, Kelly J. Hunt, Patrick Carew, Paula Reichenstein, Michael L. Rice, Patrick G. Broderick, Dallas, TX, Pino & Associates, LLP by Thomas E. Healy, White Plains, NY, for Defendant Colt's Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Budd Larner, P.C. by Bridgette E. Eckerson, Budd Larner, Prescott L. Nottingham, Timothy A. Bumann, Jennifer C. Kane, Kathleen C. Marchetti, J. Clayton Cheshire, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Forjas Taurus, S.A. and Taurus International Manufacturing, Inc.

Renzulli, Pisciotti & Renzulli, LLP by Christopher Renzulli, John F. Renzulli, Scott C. Allan, New York, NY, for Defendant Glock, Inc.

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

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, by Robert Laurent Joyce, New York, NY, for Defendant Sigarms, Inc.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP by Alan Mansfield, New York, NY, Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon, By: Clem C. Trischler, Robert R. Leight, Pittsburgh, PA, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, by Stacey Elaine Deere, Jeffrey Scott Nelson, Tina Marie Schaefer, Kansas City, MO, for Defendant Smith & Wesson Corp.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP by James P. Dorr, Sarah Liddell Olson, Chicago, IL, Gallagher Gosseen Faller Kaplan & Crowle by William Edward Vita, Garden City, NY, for Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.

The Chiafullo White Group, LLP by Christopher M. Chiafullo, Watchung, NJ, for Defendants AcuSport Corp.; Alamo Leather Goods, Inc.; Bangers, L.P.; Bill Hicks & Co.; Brazas Sporting Arms, Inc.; Camfour Inc.; Chattanooga Shooting Supplies, Inc.; Davidson's Supply Co., Inc.; Dixie Shooters Supply, Inc.; Ellet Brothers, Inc.; Euclid Ave. Sales Co.; Faber Brothers, Inc.; Glen Zanders Fur and Sporting Goods Co.; Hicks, Inc.; Kiesler Police Supply, Inc.; Lew Horton Distributing Co.; Lipsey's Inc.; MKS Supply Co.; Riley's, Inc.; RSR Group, Inc.; Ron Shirk's Shooter's Supplies, Inc.; Southern Ohio Gun, Inc.; Sports South, Inc.; Valor Corp.; Walter Craig, Inc.; Williams Shooter's Supplies.

United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York by Elliot M. Schachner, Brooklyn, NY, for United States.

   I. Introduction .............................................................. 519

  II. Procedural and Legislative Facts .......................................... 520

 III. The 2006 Rider ............................................................ 522

  IV. Arguments of the Parties .................................................. 523

   V. Interpretation...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                

                            
                            

                                

                                    

                                        

                                        

                                        

                                    
                                
                                

                                    
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