BIRCHFIELD v. NORTH DAKOTA

Nos. 14-1468, 14-1470, 14-1507.

136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016)

195 L. Ed. 2d 560

Danny BIRCHFIELD, petitioner v. NORTH DAKOTA. William Robert Bernard, Jr., petitioner v. Minnesota. and Steve Michael Beylund, petitioner v. Grant Levi, Director, North Dakota Department of Transportation.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Rothfeld , Washington, DC, for the petitioners.

Thomas R. McCarthy , for the respondents in Nos. 14-1468 and 14-1507.

Kathryn Keena , for the respondent in No. 14-1470.

Ian H. Gershengorn for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondents.

Dan Herbel , Herbel Law Firm, Bismarck, ND, Eugene R. Fidell , Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, Charles, A. Rothfeld , Andrew J. Pincus , Michael B. Kimberly , Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner Danny Birchfield.

Thomas R. McCarthy , Williams S. Consovoy , J. Michael Connolly , Bryan K. Weir , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, George Mason University, School of Law Supreme, Arlington, VA, Brian David Grosinger , Assistant State's Attorney, Morton County Courthouse, Mandan, ND, Patrick Strawbridge , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, George Mason University School, Law Boston, MA, Michael Park , Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC, New York, NY, for State of North Dakota.

Jeffrey S. Sheridan , Sheridan & Dulas, P.A., Eagan, MN, Eugene R. Fidell , Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, Charles A. Rothfeld , Andrew J. Pincus , Michael B. Kimberly , Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner William Robert Bernard, Jr.

James C. Backstrom , Dakota County Attorney, Kathryn M. Keena , Assistant Dakota County Attorney, Dakota County Attorney's Office, Hastings, MN, for State of Minnesota.

Thomas F. Murtha IV , Murtha Law Office, Dickinson, ND, Eugene R. Fidell , Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, Charles A. Rothfeld , Andrew J. Pincus , Michael B. Kimberly , Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, for petitioner Steve Michael Beylund.


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