A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case, leaving the powerful gun-rights group to face a lawsuit from New York state that accuses it of financial abuses.
The judge sitting in Dallas was tasked with deciding whether the NRA should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, where the state is suing in an effort to disband the group. Though headquartered in Virginia, the NRA was chartered as a nonprofit in New York in 1871 and is incorporated in the state.
Judge Harlin Hale said in a written order on Tuesday that he was dismissing the case because he found the NRA’s attempt to claim bankruptcy in New York was not filed in good faith.
Source: Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow for US gun lobby | NRA | The Guardian
