Henderson v. United States (2015)
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Henderson v. United States, 575 U.S. 622 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held a court-ordered transfer of a felon's lawfully owned firearms from government custody to a third party is not barred by §922(g) if the court is satisfied that the recipient will not give the felon control over the firearms, so that he could either use them or direct their use.
Quick Facts Henderson v. United States, Argued February 24, 2015 Decided May 18, 2015 ...
Henderson v. United States | |
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Argued February 24, 2015 Decided May 18, 2015 | |
Full case name | Tony Henderson v. United States |
Docket no. | 13-1487 |
Citations | 575 U.S. 622 (more) 135 S. Ct. 1780; 191 L. Ed. 2d 874 |
Case history | |
Prior | No. 3:06–cr–2011, 2012 WL 11922151 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 9, 2012); 555 F. App'x 851 (11th Cir. 2014) (per curiam); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 402 (2014). |
Subsequent | 795 F.3d 1254 (11th Cir. 2015) (per curiam). |
Holding | |
A court-ordered transfer of a felon’s lawfully owned firearms from Government custody to a third party is not barred by §922(g) if the court is satisfied that the recipient will not give the felon control over the firearms, so that he could either use them or direct their use. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Kagan, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. § 922(g) |
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