Abramski v. United States

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-1493	4th Cir.	Jan 22, 2014	Jun 16, 2014	5-4	Kagan	OT 2013

Holding: Regardless whether the actual buyer could have purchased the gun, a person who buys a gun on someone else"s behalf while falsely claiming that it is for himself makes a material misrepresentation punishable under 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6), which prohibits knowingly making false statements "with respect to any fact material to the lawfulness of a sale of a gun."

Judgment: Affirmed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 16, 2014. Justice Scalia filed a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, and Justice Alito joined.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Opinion analysis: No stand-in gun buyers allowed (Lyle Denniston, June 16, 2014)
Argument preview: Checking up on gun buyers (Lyle Denniston, January 22, 2014)
Argument recap: When compromise is the problem (Lyle Denniston, January 22, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
04/02/2013	Application (12A955) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 23, 2013 to June 22, 2013, submitted to The Chief Justice.
04/04/2013	Application (12A955) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until June 21, 2013.
06/21/2013	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 25, 2013)
07/19/2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 26, 2013.
07/25/2013	Brief amici curiae of Steve Stockman, et al. filed.
07/25/2013	Brief amicus curiae of NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund filed.
08/26/2013	Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
09/09/2013	Reply of petitioner Bruce James Abramski, Jr. filed.
09/11/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 30, 2013.
10/07/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 11, 2013.
10/15/2013	Petition GRANTED.
10/24/2013	Petitioner will file the joint appendix and petitioner's brief on the merits on or before November 26, 2013.
10/24/2013	Respondent will file respondent's brief on the merits on or before December 24, 2013.
11/04/2013	SET FOR ARGUMENT ON Wednesday, January 22, 2014.
11/04/2013	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
11/14/2013	Record received from U.S.D.C. Western District of Virginia. The record is electronic (Not on PACER).
11/18/2013	Record received from the U. S. C. A. Fourth Circuit - (1 envelope). A portion of the record is electronic (Not on PACER). There are also sealed documents in this record.
11/26/2013	Joint appendix (2 volumes) filed. (Statement of costs filed.)
11/26/2013	Brief of petitioner Bruce James Abramski, Jr. filed.
12/03/2013	Brief amicus curiae of Steve Stockman, et al. filed.
12/03/2013	Brief amicus curiae of NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund filed. (Distributed)
12/03/2013	Brief amici curiae of Robert Snellings and Ulysses Grant Early, IV filed. (Distributed)
12/03/2013	Brief amici curiae of State of West Virginia, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/04/2013	CIRCULATED.
12/23/2013	Brief of respondent United States filed. (Distributed)
12/30/2013	Brief amici curiae of States of Hawaii, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/30/2013	Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed. (Distributed)
12/30/2013	Brief amicus curiae of City of New York filed. (Distributed)
01/13/2014	Reply of petitioner Bruce James Abramski, Jr. filed. (Distributed)
01/22/2014	Argued. For petitioner: Richard D. Dietz, Winston Salem, N. C. For respondent: Joseph R. Palmore, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C.
06/16/2014	Adjudged to be AFFIRMED. Kagan, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas and Alito, JJ., joined.
07/18/2014	JUDGMENT ISSUED
07/22/2014	Record returned for U.S.C.A. 4th Circuit.