VanDerStok_v._Garland
Garland v. VanDerStok
United States federal court case
VanDerStok v. Garland is a federal court case brought by several plaintiffs from the firearms parts industry challenging the 2021 Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) regulatory revisions of the Gun Control Act definitions of firearm, firearm frame and receiver.[1] On June 30, 2023, federal district court judge Reed O'Connor granted a motion for summary judgment against the ATF, vacating the receiver rule nationwide on the grounds that the agency had exceeded its statutory authority.[2]
On August 8, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a stay of Judge O'Connor's nationwide vacatur while the case is on appeal before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.[3]
On April 22, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States announced it would take up the full case.[4]