IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION
12500 N.E. 10th Place
Bellevue, Washington 99005 )
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ALAN GOTTLIEB
12500 N.E. 10th Place
Bellevue, Washington 98005 )
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JOE TARTARO
267 Linwood Avenue
Buffalo, N.Y. 14209 )
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SHOOTERS COMMITTEE ON
POLITICAL EDUCATION, INC.
P.O. Box 602
Tonowanda, N.Y. 14150 )
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JOHN KRULL
d/b/a J.C. Guns
25 Malvern Curve
Tonowanda, N.Y. 14150 )
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) CASE NUMBER 1 : 99CV03181

JUDGE: James Robertson

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R.M. WIEST
d/b/a Guncraft Sports
10737 Dutchtown Road
Knoxville, TN 37932 )
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DATE STAMP: 11/30/99

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UNITED STATES
CONFERENCE OF MAYORS
Serve:
John J. Gunther
Suite 400
1620 1 St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006 )
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MAYOR SHIRLEY DEAN
5th Floor
2180 Milvia Street
Berkeley, CA 94704 )
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MAYOR OMAR BRADLEY
205 South Willowbrook Avenue
Compton, CA 90220 )
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MAYOR R.B. JONES
2415 University Avenue
East Palo Alto, CA 94303 )
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MAYOR ROOSEVELT DORN
1 Manchester Blvd
Inglewood, CA 90301 )
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MAYOR RICHARD J. RIORDAN
200 N. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012 )
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MAYOR JERRY BROWN
One Frank Ogawa Plaza
3rd Floor
Oakland, CA 94612 )
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MAYOR WILLIE BROWN, JR.
City Hall, Room 200
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
San Francisco, CA 94102 )
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MAYOR JOE SERNA, JR.
915 1 Street
Room 205
Sacramento, CA 95814 )
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MAYOR JOHN HEILMAN
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069-4314 )
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MAYOR JOSEPH P. GANIM
City Hall
45 Lyon Terrace
Bridgeport, CT 06604 )
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MAYOR JAMES H. SILLS, JR.
800 French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-3537 )
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MAYOR ALEX PENALAS
Office of the Executive Mayor
Stephen P. Clark Center
111 NorthWest First Street
Miami, FL 33128 )
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MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL
55 Trinity Avenue
Suite 2400
Atlanta, GA 30335 )
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MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY
121 N. La Salle Street
Room 507
Chicago, IL 60602 )
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MAYOR SCOTT L. KING
401 Broadway
Gary, IN 46402 )
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MAYOR MARC MORIAL
1300 Perdido Street
New Orleans, LA 70112 )
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MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO
1 City Hall Plaza
Boston, MA 02201 )
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MAYOR DENNIS W. ARCHER
2 Woodward Avenue
Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
Suite 1126
Detroit, MI 48226 )
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MAYOR CLARENCE HARMON
City Hall, Room 200
St. Louis, MO 63103 )
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MAYOR MILTON MILAN
6th & Market Sts
Camden, N.J. 08101 )
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MAYOR SHARPE JAMES
City Hall
Newark, NJ 07102 )
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MAYOR ROXANNE QUALLS
805 Central Avenue
Suite 710
Cincinnati, OH 45202 )
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MAYOR MICHAEL R. WHITE
Cleveland City Hall
601 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114 )
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams
441 4th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001 )
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COMPLAINT

1) This is an action for damages pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the United States Conference of Mayors ("USCM") and the mayors of: Berkeley, Compton, East Palo Alto, Inglewood, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento, and West Hollywood, California; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Wilmington, Delaware; Miami, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Gary, Indiana; New Orleans, Louisiana; Boston/ Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Camden and Newark, New Jersey; Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; and Washington, D.C.; for violations of, and conspiracy to violate, Plaintiffs' constitutional rights,

PARTIES

2) Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. (SAF) is a not-for-profit educational and legal defense foundation incorporated in the State of Washington (with members in all 50 states and the cities of which the individual defendants are mayors) which supports the right to keep and bear arms. SAF sues on behalf of itself and its members.

3) Alan Gottlieb and Joe Tartaro are consumers of firearms and members of SAF.

4) Shooters Committee On Political Education (S.C.O.P.E.), Inc. is a New York not-for-profit corporation dedicated to educating its members and the public concerning firearms legislation and sues on behalf of itself and its members.

5)John Krull, d/b/a J.C. Guns,is a federal firearms

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licensee,a consumer of firearms, and a member of SAF and S.C.O.P.E., Inc.

6) R.M. Wiest, d/b/a Guncraft Sports, is a federal firearms licensee, a consumer of firearms, and a member of SAF.

7) The individual defendants ("the mayors") are mayors of their respective cities and are sued in their official capacities. The mayors are members of the USCM.

8) The USCM is an association incorporated in Illinois, with its principle place of business in Washington, D.C. (where it is registered as a foreign corporation), consisting of mayors of U.S. cities with populations in excess of 30,000.

JURISDICTION

9) Jurisdiction is founded on 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and § 1343.

FACTS

10) The mayors have conspired together and with the USCM and its members to bring civil actions by the mayors' cities against federally licensed firearms manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and their trade associations for the purpose of bankrupting and otherwise harming such manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and their trade associations as a result of the litigation costs of defending such civil actions.

11) Pursuant to the conspiracy between the mayors and the USCM and its members, the mayors, acting under color of law, have each brought, or directed their cities to bring, civil actions against

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federally licensed firearms manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and their trade associations in the courts in the mayors' cities.

12) The costs of defending such civil actions have caused certain federally licensed firearms manufacturers who are defending such civil actions to terminate sales of firearms to federally licensed firearms distributors and/or retailers for sale to consumers and have caused other such federally licensed firearms manufacturers to increase the prices of their products, which' increases have been passed along to federally licensed firearms distributors and retailers and are paid by consumers.

COUNT I
(Interstate Commerce)

13) Paragraphs 1 - 12 are realleged and incorporated herein by reference.

14) The sales of firearms by federally licensed manufacturers to federally licensed firearms distributors and/or retailers for sale to consumers are carried on in interstate commerce.

15) By causing federally licensed firearms manufacturers to terminate sales of firearms to federally licensed firearms distributors and/or retailers for sale to consumers and by increasing the prices of their products, the mayors and the USCM have deprived Plaintiffs of their right to engage in, and obtain the benefits of, interstate commerce.

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COUNT II
(First Amendment)

16) Paragraphs 1 - 12 are realleged and incorporated herein by reference

17) Federally licensed firearms manufacturers, distributors, and retailers who have terminated sales of firearms as a result of the actions of the mayors and the USCM have been deprived of their First and Fourteenth Amendment right to publish information_ concerning their products, which deprives Plaintiffs of their First and Fourteenth Amendment right to receive such information.

COUNT III
(Second and Ninth Amendments)

18) Paragraphs 1 - 12 are realleged and incorporated herein by reference.

19) Because federally licensed firearms manufacturers have terminated sales of firearms to federally licensed firearms distributors and/or retailers for sale to consumers or have increased the prices of their products, making firearms less available, Plaintiffs are deprived of their Second and Fourteenth Amendment right to keep and bear firearms and, consequently, their Ninth Amendment right to self-defense.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray that this court:

1) Award damages to Plaintiffs.

2) Award attorney's fees and costs to Plaintiffs.

3) Grant such other and further relief as may be proper.

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TRIAL BY JURY IS DEMANDED

Respectfully submitted,

Second Amendment Foundation, et al.
By counsel

Richard E. Gardiner
Suite 404
10560 Main Street
Fairfax, VA 22030
[Deleted Phone Number]
[Deleted FAX Number]
D.C. Bar # 386915

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION 12500 N.E. 10th Place Bellevue, Washington 99005				) ) )
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ALAN GOTTLIEB 12500 N.E. 10th Place Bellevue, Washington 98005				) ) )
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JOE TARTARO 267 Linwood Avenue Buffalo, N.Y. 14209				) ) )
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SHOOTERS COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION, INC. P.O. Box 602 Tonowanda, N.Y. 14150				) ) ) )
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JOHN KRULL d/b/a J.C. Guns 25 Malvern Curve Tonowanda, N.Y. 14150				) ) ) )	CASE NUMBER 1 : 99CV03181 JUDGE: James Robertson
				)	DECK TYPE: CIVIL GENERAL
R.M. WIEST d/b/a Guncraft Sports 10737 Dutchtown Road Knoxville, TN 37932				) ) ) )	DATE STAMP: 11/30/99
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	Plaintiffs			)
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		v.		)	Case No.
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UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS Serve: John J. Gunther Suite 400 1620 1 St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006				) ) ) ) ) ) )
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MAYOR SHIRLEY DEAN 5th Floor 2180 Milvia Street Berkeley, CA 94704				) ) ) )
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MAYOR OMAR BRADLEY 205 South Willowbrook Avenue Compton, CA 90220				) ) )
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MAYOR R.B. JONES 2415 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303				) ) )
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MAYOR ROOSEVELT DORN 1 Manchester Blvd Inglewood, CA 90301				) ) )
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MAYOR RICHARD J. RIORDAN 200 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012				) ) )
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MAYOR JERRY BROWN One Frank Ogawa Plaza 3rd Floor Oakland, CA 94612				) ) ) )
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MAYOR WILLIE BROWN, JR. City Hall, Room 200 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl. San Francisco, CA 94102				) ) ) )
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MAYOR JOE SERNA, JR. 915 1 Street Room 205 Sacramento, CA 95814				) ) ) )
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MAYOR JOHN HEILMAN 8300 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069-4314				) ) )
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MAYOR JOSEPH P. GANIM City Hall 45 Lyon Terrace Bridgeport, CT 06604				) ) ) )
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MAYOR JAMES H. SILLS, JR. 800 French Street Wilmington, DE 19801-3537				) ) )
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MAYOR ALEX PENALAS Office of the Executive Mayor Stephen P. Clark Center 111 NorthWest First Street Miami, FL 33128				) ) ) ) )
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MAYOR BILL CAMPBELL 55 Trinity Avenue Suite 2400 Atlanta, GA 30335				) ) ) )

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MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY 121 N. La Salle Street Room 507 Chicago, IL 60602				) ) ) )
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MAYOR SCOTT L. KING 401 Broadway Gary, IN 46402				) ) )
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MAYOR MARC MORIAL 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112				) ) )
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MAYOR THOMAS M. MENINO 1 City Hall Plaza Boston, MA 02201				) ) )
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MAYOR DENNIS W. ARCHER 2 Woodward Avenue Coleman A. Young Municipal Center Suite 1126 Detroit, MI 48226				) ) ) ) )
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MAYOR CLARENCE HARMON City Hall, Room 200 St. Louis, MO 63103				) ) )
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MAYOR MILTON MILAN 6th & Market Sts Camden, N.J. 08101				) ) )
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MAYOR SHARPE JAMES City Hall Newark, NJ 07102				) ) )
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MAYOR ROXANNE QUALLS 805 Central Avenue Suite 710 Cincinnati, OH 45202				) ) ) )
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MAYOR MICHAEL R. WHITE Cleveland City Hall 601 Lakeside Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114				) ) ) )
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams 441 4th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001				) ) )
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TRIAL BY JURY IS DEMANDED
	Respectfully submitted, Second Amendment Foundation, et al. By counsel

	Richard E. Gardiner Suite 404 10560 Main Street Fairfax, VA 22030 [Deleted Phone Number] [Deleted FAX Number] D.C. Bar # 386915