SIG SAUER, INC. v. BRANDON

No. 15-2230.

826 F.3d 598 (2016)

SIG SAUER, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Thomas E. BRANDON, Acting Director, United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen P. Halbrook , Fairfax, VA, with whom Mark C. Rouvalis and Kenton J. Villano , Manchester, NH, were on brief, for Appellant.

Abby C. Wright , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Donald Feith , United States Attorney, and Michael S. Raab , Attorney, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, were on brief, for Appellee.

Before Lynch, Thompson, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


Sig Sauer, Inc., is a gun manufacturer headquartered in New Hampshire. In this appeal, Sig Sauer challenges the District Court's decision to uphold a ruling by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATF") that a gun Sig Sauer seeks to market includes a "silencer" under the National Firearms Act (the "NFA...

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