Tyeraxus
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Filed in US District Court for eastern PA on 14 November 2014. Watson is a trustee of an unincorporated trust, applied to manufacture a machine gun under the trust, received the approved Form 1, manufactured the machine gun, and then ATF revoked the approval and demanded he surrender the "illegal" machine gun.
The case makes Article I Commerce Clause, Amendment II, Amendment V deprivation of property, Amendment XIV equal protection, and detrimental reliance arguments. Watson asks the court to declare 922(o) unconstitutional, or at least prohibit ATF from enforcing it against unincorporated trusts, a well as prohibiting them from "taking back" the approval they originally gave.
Complaint here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/246633381/Watson-v-Holder-et-al
EDIT: Credit where credit is due - hat tip to reddit /r/progun and /u/YankeeQuebec.
The case makes Article I Commerce Clause, Amendment II, Amendment V deprivation of property, Amendment XIV equal protection, and detrimental reliance arguments. Watson asks the court to declare 922(o) unconstitutional, or at least prohibit ATF from enforcing it against unincorporated trusts, a well as prohibiting them from "taking back" the approval they originally gave.
Complaint here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/246633381/Watson-v-Holder-et-al
EDIT: Credit where credit is due - hat tip to reddit /r/progun and /u/YankeeQuebec.