15 U.S.C. § 1242
Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty
Whoever knowingly introduces, or manufactures for introduction, into interstate commerce, or transports or distributes in interstate commerce, any switchblade knife, shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1962–2010 · leading case: Edna Fall, as Adm'x of the Est. of Phillip Fall, Deceased v. Esso Stand. Oil Co., 297 F.2d 411 (5th Cir. 1962).
Edna Fall, as Adm'x of the Est. of Phillip Fall, Deceased v. Esso Stand. Oil Co., 297 F.2d 411 (5th Cir. 1962). “” Section 2, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1242 prohibits the manufacture for, or transportation or distribution, of switchblade knives.”
United States v. Baer, 235 F.3d 561 (10th Cir. 2000). “1988) (upholding Switchblade Knife Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1242 , against Second Amendment challenge); United States v.”
Wooden v. United States, 6 A.3d 833 (D.C. 2010). “See 15 U.S.C. § 1242 (2006); United. States v.”
United States v. Douglas John Nelsen, 859 F.2d 1318 (8th Cir. 1988). “Douglas John Nelsen appeals from his convictions of violating the Switchblade Knife Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1242 (1982), as well as related convictions for the fraudulent importation of prohibited goods, 18 U.”
Precise Imports Corp. v. Kelly, 378 F.2d 1014 (2d Cir. 1967). “562 (1958), 15 U.S.C. § 1242 , is a criminal statute of general application, not a “provision of the customs laws.”
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