Breault v. Goucher

  • Filed: 08/16/2017
  • Status: Active
  • Latest Update: Aug 16, 2017
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Summary

This is a federal lawsuit against the Town of Bristol over the police department’s refusal to return to its owners a firearm that the agency seized more than a year ago. The suit is on behalf of two parents who are Bristol residents and inherited their son’s firearm collection after he tragically took his own life. The suit argues that the Bristol Police Department violated the parents’ rights to due process and their Second Amendment rights by refusing to return the firearm to them.

Attorney(s):
Thomas W. Lyons & Rhiannon S. Huffman

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Aug 16, 2017

ACLU Sues Third RI Municipality Over Unlawful Gun Seizure by Law Enforcement

The ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Bristol over the police department’s refusal to return to its owners a firearm that the agency seized more than a year ago. The suit, filed by ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys Thomas Lyons and Rhiannon Huffman, is on behalf of two parents who are Bristol residents and inherited their son’s firearm collection after he tragically took his own life.  The suit argues that the Bristol Police Department violated the parents’ constitutional rights by refusing to return the firearm to them.

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ACLU Sues Third RI Municipality Over Unlawful Gun Seizure by Law Enforcement

The ACLU of Rhode Island today filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Bristol over the police department’s refusal to return to its owners a firearm that the agency seized more than a year ago. The suit, filed by ACLU of RI cooperating attorneys Thomas Lyons and Rhiannon Huffman, is on behalf of two parents who are Bristol residents and inherited their son’s firearm collection after he tragically took his own life.  The suit argues that the Bristol Police Department violated the parents’ constitutional rights by refusing to return the firearm to them.