United States v. Miller (1939)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_v._Miller_(1939)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate 1939-03-30
gptkbp:citation 307 U.S. 174
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1939-05-15
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Frank_Layton
gptkb:Jack_Miller
gptkbp:designer District Court for the Western District of Arkansas
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 696
gptkbp:fullName United States v. Jack Miller, et al.
gptkbp:heldBy The Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual the right to keep and bear a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Miller (1939)
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:constitutional_law
gun control
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:James_Clark_McReynolds
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Whether the National Firearms Act of 1934 violated the Second Amendment.
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller
gptkb:McDonald_v._City_of_Chicago
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:National_Firearms_Act_of_1934
gptkb:Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:result The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act as applied to sawed-off shotguns.
gptkbp:unanimousDecision true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Firearms_Act_(USA)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6