United States Second Circuit

In a challenge to the actions taken by defendant-police officers when plaintiffs attempted to transport unloaded firearms in checked baggage through various New York airports, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) 18 U.S.C. section 926A was not enforceable through 42 U.S.C. section 1983; 2) plaintiffs' rights to be free from false arrest were not violated; and 3) plaintiffs' rights to travel were not infringed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/29/2008
• Decided 06/30/2010
• Published 06/30/2010

Judges

• Rosemary Pooler

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Stephen P. Halbrook, Kathleen Gill Miller