United States Fourth Circuit

Petition for review of the BATF's revocation of its firearms license is denied, where malice or improper motive are unnecessary to establish a "willful" violation of the Gun Control Act, and a single violation of the Act sufficed to support the revocation of Petitioner's license.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2009
• Published 04/20/2009

Judges

• Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and Arthur L. ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard E. Gardiner, Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellants.   Ariana Wright Arnold, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.  Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland;  Jeffrey A. Cohen, ATF Associate Chief, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.