SCHOOL BD. OF NASSAU COUNTY v. ARLINE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T. Hayes argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was John D. Carlson.

Solicitor General Fried argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Reynolds, Deputy Solicitor General Ayer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Carvin, Richard J. Lazarus, and Mark L. Gross.

George K. Rahdert argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Steven H. Malone.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association for Retarded Citizens of the United States et al. by Thomas K. Gilhool, Michael Churchill, Frank J. Laski, Timothy M. Cook, Stanley S. Herr, and Donald S. Goldman; and for the Employment Law Center et al. by Robert E. Borton.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the State of California et al. by John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and Marian M. Johnston and M. Anne Jennings, Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Stephen H. Sachs of Maryland, Frank J. Kelley of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, W. Cary Edwards of New Jersey, Robert Abrams of New York, and Bronson C. La Follette of Wisconsin; for the American Medical Association by Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., and Carter G. Phillips; for the American Public Health Association et al. by Nan D. Hunter and Herbert Semmel; for Doctors for AIDS Research and Education by Stanley Fleishman, Joseph Lawrence, Susan D. McGreivy, and Paul Hoffman; for the Epilepsy Foundation of America by Alexandra K. Finucane; for the National School Boards Association by Gwendolyn H. Gregory, August W. Steinhilber, and Thomas A. Shannon; and for Senator Cranston et al. by Arlene Mayerson.