Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Wiley BROWN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-04-10
Citations: 456 F.2d 687
Docket Number: No. 71-2973
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Wiley BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 456
Pages: 687–687

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Wiley BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 71-2973.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
April 10, 1972.
Wesley G. Hohlbein, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.
Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Thomas B. Russell, Susan L. Barnes, Asst. U. S. Attys., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-ap-pellee.
Before CHAMBERS, WRIGHT and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
After conviction and sentence in this firearms case, United States v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488 (1971) was decided. With that decision "interstate commerce" takes on a new importance in gun cases.
The case is remanded to the district court to vacate the judgment and reconsider the case in the light of Bass.