McLaughlin v. United States
1986 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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McLaughlin v. United States, 476 U.S. 16 (1986), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that an unloaded handgun is a “dangerous weapon” within the meaning of federal bank robbery laws.[1] Justice John Paul Stevens' brief four-paragraph opinion in McLaughlin has been described by some analysts as "the shortest opinion by the Court in decades."[2]
Quick Facts McLaughlin v. United States, Argued March 31, 1986 Decided April 29, 1986 ...
McLaughlin v. United States | |
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Argued March 31, 1986 Decided April 29, 1986 | |
Full case name | Lamont Julius McLaughlin, Petitioner v. United States |
Citations | 476 U.S. 16 (more) 106 S. Ct. 1677; 90 L. Ed. 2d 15; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 146 |
Holding | |
An unloaded handgun is a “dangerous weapon” within the meaning of federal bank robbery laws. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Stevens, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. § 2113 |
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