The court has already acted on this one. A federal appeals court ruled that the Utah man could not sue the Port Authority and NJ police. The SCOTUS let that ruling stand.
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WASHINGTON – Missing a plane connection cost Utah gun owner Greg Revell 10 days in jail after he was stranded in New Jersey with an unloaded firearm he had legally checked with his luggage in Salt Lake City.
Nevertheless, the Supreme Court without comment refused on Tuesday to let Revell sue Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police for arresting him on illegal possession of a firearm in New Jersey and for not returning his gun and ammunition to him for more than three years.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110118/...urt_gun_arrest