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Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Galioto

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Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. Galioto
Argued March 26, 1986
Decided June 27, 1986
Full case nameUnited States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. Galioto
Citations477 U.S. 556 (more)
106 S. Ct. 2683; 91 L. Ed. 2d 459
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Holding
Mooted when PL 99-308 was signed into law.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinion
MajorityBurger, joined by unanimous

Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. Galioto, 477 U.S. 556 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case.

Background

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Generally, convicted felons and mental patients[tone] are prohibited from purchasing firearms in the United States.[citation needed] A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 925 allowed some felons to appeal to the BATF to restore their rights to purchase firearms. At that time, prior mental patients did not have a similar route to restore their right to purchase firearms. The appellee argued that this was unreasonable and discriminatory.

Between the time that the Court agreed to hear Galioto, and the time that the case was heard, PL 99-308 was signed into law, allowing former mental patients to appeal to restore their rights to purchase firearms, rendering the case moot.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Congress and the Nation, 1985-1988, Vol. VII: The 99th and 100th Congresses", Congress and the Nation, 1985-1988, Vol. VII: The 99th and 100th Congresses, Washington: CQ Press, pp. 714–838, 1989, retrieved March 26, 2024
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