Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John E. Thomas argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
Julian R. Wilheim and Elliot S. Kaplan argued the cause for respondents. With them on the brief were Fred L. Woodworth, Joseph C. Basta, and Deborah J. Palmer.
Assistant Attorney General Shenefield argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McCree, Deputy Solicitor General Easterbrook, Stephen M. Shapiro, Barry Grossman, and Bruce E. Fein. Warren Spannaus, Attorney General of Minnesota, argued the cause for the States of Alabama et al. as amici curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Richard B. Allyn, Solicitor General of Minnesota, Alan H. Maclin, Stephen P. Kilgruff, and Thomas Kenyon, Special Assistant Attorneys General; and John Ashcroft, Attorney General of Missouri, Walter O. Theiss, Assistant Attorney General, and Roger Bern; joined by other officials for their respective States as follows: Charles A. Graddick, Attorney General, for Alabama; Avrum M. Gross, Attorney General, and Mark E. Ashburn, Assistant Attorney General, for Alaska; Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General, and Kenneth R. Reed for Arizona; Steve Clark, Attorney General, and Royce O. Griffin, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Arkansas; George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Warren J. Abbott, Assistant Attorney General, and Linda L. Tedeschi, Deputy Attorney General, for California; J. D. MacFarlane, Attorney General, B. Lawrence Theis, First Assistant Attorney General, and William E. Walters, Assistant Attorney General, for Colorado; Carl R. Ajello, Attorney General, Gerard J. Dowling and Larry H. Evans, Assistant Attorneys General, for Connecticut; Richard S. Gebelein, Attorney General, and William E. Kirk III, Assistant Attorney General, for Delaware; Jim Smith, Attorney General, Charles R. Ranson, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Douglas C. Kearney, Assistant Attorney General, for Florida; Wayne Minami, Attorney General, and Thomas T. Wood, Deputy Attorney General, for Hawaii; David H. Leroy, Attorney General, and Mike Brassey, Deputy Attorney General, for Idaho; William J. Scott, Attorney General, for Illinois; Theodore L. Sendak, Attorney General, for Indiana; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Gary H. Swanson, Assistant Attorney General, for Iowa; Robert T. Stephan, Attorney General, and Wayne E. Hundley, Deputy Attorney General, for Kansas; Robert F. Stephens, Attorney General, and James M. Ringo, Assistant Attorney General, for Kentucky; William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, and John R. Flowers, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for Louisiana; Richard S. Cohen, Attorney General, and Cheryl Harrington, Assistant Attorney General, for Maine; Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, and Charles O. Monk II, Assistant Attorney General, for Maryland; Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, Paula W. Gold, Assistant Attorney General, and Steven J. Greenfogel for Massachusetts; Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, and Edwin M. Bladen, Assistant Attorney General, for Michigan; A. F. Summer, Attorney General, and Marshall G. Bennett, Assistant Attorney General, for Mississippi; Mike T. Greely, Attorney General, and Jerome J. Cate, Assistant Attorney General, for Montana; Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General, and Robert F. Bartle and Paul E. Hofmeister, Assistant Attorneys General, for Nebraska; Richard H. Bryan, Attorney General, for Nevada; Thomas D. Rath, Attorney General, for New Hampshire; John J. Degnan, Attorney General, and Alfred J. Luciani for New Jersey; Jeff Bingham, Attorney General, and James J. Wechsler, Assistant Attorney General, for New Mexico; Robert Abrams, Attorney General, and John M. Desiderio, Assistant Attorney General, for New York; Rufus L. Edmisten, Attorney General, Howard A. Kramer, Deputy Attorney General, and David S. Crump, Special Deputy Attorney General, for North Carolina; Allen I. Olson, Attorney General, and Dale V. Sandstrom and Terry L. Adkins, Assistant Attorneys General, for North Dakota; William J. Brown, Attorneys General, and Eugene F. McShane and Richard M. Firestone, Assistant Attorneys General, for Ohio; Jan Eric Cartwright, Attorney General, and Manville J. Buford, Assistant Attorney General, for Oklahoma; James A. Redden, Attorney General, and James Kirkham Johns for Oregon; Edward G. Biester, Jr., Attorney General, and Norman J. Watkins and John L. Shearburn, Deputy Attorneys General, for Pennsylvania; Dennis J. Roberts II, Attorney General, and Patrick J. Quinlan, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Rhode Island; Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General, for South Carolina; Mark V. Meierhenry, Attorney General, and James E. McMahon, Assistant Attorney General, for South Dakota; William M. Leech, Jr., Attorney General, and William J. Haynes, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Tennessee; Mark White, Attorney General, for Texas; Robert B. Hansen, Attorney General, and Andrew W. Buffmire, Assistant Attorney General, for Utah; M. Jerome Diamond, Attorney General, and Jay I. Ashman, Assistant Attorney General, for Vermont; Marshall Coleman, Attorney General, and Joseph W. Kaestner, Assistant Attorney General, for Virginia; Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Thomas L. Boeder, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Earle J. Hereford, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for Washington; Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Attorney General, and Charles G. Brown, Deputy Attorney General, for West Virginia; Bronson C. La Follette, Attorney General, and Michael L. Zaleski, Assistant Attorney General, for Wisconsin; and John D. Troughton, Attorney General, Peter J. Mulvaney, Deputy Attorney General, and James W. Gusea, Assistant Attorney General, for Wyoming.*
