DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SEC. v. MACLEAN

No. 13-894.

135 S.Ct. 913 (2015)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, Petitioner v. Robert J. MACLEAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 21, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian H. Gershengorn , for Petitioner.

Neal K. Katyal , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Thomas Devine , Government Accountability Project, Washington, DC, Neal Kumar Katyal , Counsel of Record, Hagan Scotten , Elizabeth Austin Bonner , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondents.

Stevan E. Bunnell , General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Deputy Solicitor General, Eric J. Feigin , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Douglas N. Letter , H. Thomas Byron III , Michael P. Goodman , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.


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