Utah man appeals lawsuit against NJ for arrest in layover

[nawainwright]

Traveling Man's Gun Arrest Appealed to Supreme Court - FoxNews.com

This fella was coming from Utah and going to Pennsylvania, his stopover in New Jersey became a problem when the plane coming in was late and he missed his connection. Through a series of airport/plane blunders he found himself stuck in NJ overnight with a gun he had checked in his luggage. When he went to check in for his new flight in the morning, he was arrested and his gun confiscated. The NJ/NY port authority held his weapon and ammo for 3 years and he is in the process of suing. It's going all the way to the Supreme Court.

This is extremely frustrating. You know those movies where everything conspires against you (I hate them)? This is that. It's just ridiculous that common sense doesn't ever come into play on these things. Basically his case keeps getting thrown out because "Well, you can't sue the police". Which is BS.

 

[CarmelHP]

For what it's worth, I think the 3rd Circuit is wrong. Prior cases have held that if a stop is incidental to traveling that FOPA applies. This wasn't a detour to visit a strip club, he got stranded, it's incidental to traveling.

 

[kevinj110]

^this

 

[femurphy77]

This just in; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. They guy did get his property back in '08 according to the article I read but spent 10 days in jail for the original incident before posting bail.

 

[CarmelHP]

This just in; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. They guy did get his property back in '08 according to the article I read but spent 10 days in jail for the original incident before posting bail.

Not unusual, cert is granted sparingly.

 

[jedi]

This just in; the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. They guy did get his property back in '08 according to the article I read but spent 10 days in jail for the original incident before posting bail.

Got a link for this? Did they give a reason?

Not unusual, cert is granted sparingly.

What is "cert" BTW?



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[Bill of Rights]

Got a link for this? Did they give a reason?



What is "cert" BTW?
...

"Cert" is legalese for a "writ of certiorari", meaning that the Court agrees to hear a case. In this case, cert was denied. I saw the link on Yahoo news also. High court denies man's gun arrest appeal - Yahoo! News

They don't usually give a reason to deny, they just did not agree to hear it.

Blessings,
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[machete]

For what it's worth, I think the 3rd Circuit is wrong. Prior cases have held that if a stop is incidental to traveling that FOPA applies. This wasn't a detour to visit a strip club, he got stranded, it's incidental to traveling.

why dont the 3rd circuit and the supreme court just strike down jerseys law and make this all real simple???