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    High Power Rocketry: We won! (2006-02-11)
    Joint Statement on Appeals Court Decision, February 10, 2006 February 10, 2006 Web posted at: 6:31 PM EST (ROL Newswire) -- Below is a Joint Statement on Appeals Court Decision, February 10, 2006 ... [Read More]

    Rocket Dungeon: Finally, some movement in our lawsuit against the BATFE (2009-02-17)
    Hot off the email: On February 17, 2009 the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the motion that we filed on October 1, 2008 for a hearing on our long-standing lawsuit against ... [Read More]

    Rocket Dungeon: Latest Joint Statement on the NAR/TRA Litigation with the BATFE (2009-03-13)
    Joint Statement on the NAR/TRA Litigation with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives (BATFE) March 13, 2009 Today Judge Reggie Walton, presiding in our case before the US ... [Read More]

    Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Joint Statement on the Litigation with the BATFE (2009-03-14)
    Today Judge Reggie Walton, presiding in our case before the US District Court, heard arguments from both legal counsel for NAR/TRA and the BATFE. At the conclusion of the hearing, Judge Walton ... [Read More]

    Bayourat Aerospace Blog: WE WON!!! TRA/NAR win there 9 year long lawsuit against the BATFE (2009-03-16)
    Yes it's true! APCP is no longer on the BATFE's list of explosives. Read it all here! http://www.rocketryplanet.com/content/view/2788/30/ [Read More]

    Value Rockets Blog: Joint TRA/NAR Statement on the Lawsuit vs. BATFE (2009-03-17)
    After a conference with our legal counsel, we provide the following information to our members on how to proceed in the aftermath of the favorable decision by Judge Walton in our lawsuit to ... [Read More]

    Value Rockets Blog: Joint Statement on the BATFE Litigation (2009-05-17)
    Since the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives has not appealed the decision of the Federal District Court of March 16, 2009, which ordered the agency to vacate their clas ... [Read More]

    Value Rockets Blog: Federal BATFE Permits No Longer Required to Purchase and Store AeroTech High-Power Motors and Reload Kits (2009-05-18)
    Following the resolution of a long and difficult legal struggle, AeroTech is very happy to report that effective immediately all AeroTech high-power (generally `H` class and above) rocket motors and ... [Read More]

    Bayourat Aerospace Blog: Joint Statement on the BATFE Litigation (2009-05-18)
    Oh yes we did! We won! We Won! We Won! We Won! Joint Statement on the BATFE Litigation May 18, 2009 Since the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives has not appealed the decision ... [Read More]

    High Power Rocketry: Email from TRA RE. continued conflicts with the BATF (2009-07-16)
    This is a letter sent out recently to certain TRA members. "TRA Prefects: I would like to urgently obtain some information related to any inappropriate BATFE actions which you may be aware of since ... [Read More]

    Rocket Dungeon: The BATFE's new explosives list is out... (2010-01-08)
    And, as expected, it doesn't include APCP (which is now differentiated from explosive mixtures)! Rocketry Planet Article   Commerce in Explosives; List of Explosive Materials (52KB Adobe PDF) ... [Read More]

    Rocket Dungeon: NAR and Tripoli meet with the BATFE (2011-03-11)
    Earlier in the week, representatives from both national sport rocket organizations met with the BATFE in Washington D.C.  The meeting was requested by Burl Finkelstein, an attorney and NAR/TRA ... [Read More]

    High Power Rocketry: The Rocketry Forum Seized by BATF! (2012-04-01)
    http://www.rocketryforum.com/ [Read More]