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Argued January 10, 1996.
Decided March 20, 1996.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Solicitor General Days argued the cause for the federal petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Malcolm L. Stewart, and Mark B. Stern. James E. Doyle, Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 94-1614 and No. 94-1631. With him on the brief for petitioner in No. 94-1614 was Peter C. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General. Don G. Holladay and Shelia D. Tims filed briefs for petitioner in No. 94-1631.
Robert S. Rifkind argued the cause for respondents in all cases. With him on the brief were Paul A. Crotty, Lorna B. Goodman, Peter L. Zimroth, Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Victoria Graffeo, Solicitor General, Barbara Billet, Deputy Solicitor General, and Lula Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, James K. Hahn, Susan S. Sher, Benna Ruth Solomon, Robert A. Ginsburg, Helen M. Gros, Dennis Hayes, Frank Shafroth, Dan Morales, Attorney General of Texas, and Javier P. Guajardo, Special Assistant Attorney General, Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of Florida, and George L. Waas, Assistant Attorney General, Deborah T. Poritz, Attorney General of New Jersey, and Michael S. Bokar, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona, and Robert Carey, First Assistant Attorney General, Tom Udall, Attorney General of New Mexico, and Christopher D. Coppin, Assistant Attorney General, Ada Treiger, John J. Copelan, Jr., Louise Renne, Burk E. Delventhal, Stan M. Sharoff, T. Michael Mather, John P. Frank, Avis M. Russell, Nicholas Rodriguez, Robert Cohen, Michael W. L. McCrory, George Rios, Burton H. Levin, Pastel Vann, Assistant Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, and Kendrick Smith.†
Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.
United States Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
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