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Barrett v. United States, 423 U.S. 212 (1976)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Barrett v. United States, 423 U.S. 212 (1976)
Barrett v. United States No. 74-5566 Argued November 4, 1975 Decided January 13, 1976 423 U.S. 212
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
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The provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 922(h), making it unlawful for a convicted felon, inter alia, "to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce," held to apply to a convicted felon’s intrastate purchase from a retail dealer of a firearm that previously, but independently of the felon’s receipt, had been transported in interstate commerce from the manufacturer to a distributor and then from the distributor to the dealer. Pp. 215-225.
504 F.2d 629, affirmed.
BLACKMUN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C.J., and BRENNAN, WHITE, MARSHALL, and POWELL, JJ., joined. WHITE, J., filed a concurring opinion, post, p. 225. STEWART, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which REHNQUIST, J., joined, post, p. 228. STEVENS, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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