In Rebuke to N.R.A., Federal Judge Dismisses Bankruptcy Case !!! this is a big deal, almost like the judge is accusing them of fraud in filing!

The N.R.A. filed for bankruptcy this year as it sought to end run regulatory action in New York, but a judge rejected the strategy.

​By Danny Hakim @ NYTimes.com, May 11

A federal judge dismissed the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case on Tuesday, in a blow to its embattled chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, that cast further doubt about his ability to remain at the helm.

The N.R.A. had filed for bankruptcy in January in an attempt to circumvent regulatory action in New York by the state’s attorney general, Letitia James, who is seeking to shut down the group amid a corruption investigation. Ms. James had challenged the validity of the bankruptcy filing.

Harlin D. Hale, the chief judge in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas, where the case had been filed, wrote in his decision that he agreed with the attorney general’s office “that the N.R.A. is using this bankruptcy case to address a regulatory enforcement problem, not a financial one.” He added that he did not believe the bankruptcy courts were meant to be used this way.

Judge Hale also wrote that he was troubled by the secretive manner of the bankruptcy filing, and the fact that the N.R.A.’s board of directors had not been informed in advance [....].