ATKINS v. UNITED STATES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Goldberg, Washington, D.C., atty. of records, for plaintiffs. Stephen G. Breyer, Cambridge, Mass., and Kevin M. Forde, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Asst. Atty. Gen. Rex E. Lee, Washington, D.C., for defendant. James F. Merow and Richard J. Webber, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Cornelius B. Kennedy, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for Nelson A. Rockefeller, President of the United States Senate, as amicus curiae. Kennedy, Webster & Gardner, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Eugene Gressman, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for Frank Thompson, Jr., Chairman, Committee on House Administration, United States House of Representatives, as amicus curiae. Arthur S. Miller, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

Francis M. Wheat, Los Angeles, Cal., filed a brief for Los Angeles County Bar Association as amicus curiae. John J. Quinn, Jr., Samuel L. Williams, John D. Taylor, David Ellwanger, and Brigitta B. Troy, Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel.

Before COWEN, Senior Judge, DAVIS, Judge, SKELTON, Senior Judge, and NICHOLS, KASHIWA, KUNZIG and BENNETT, Judges, en banc.