Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mark G. Hall, Burlington, Vermont (Stephen G. Norten, Paul, Frank & Collins, Burlington, Vermont, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee Stevens.
Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles R. Tetzlaff, United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, on the brief), for the United States of America as Intervenor.
David M. Rocchio, Special Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, Vermont (William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of the State of Vermont, Mark J. Di Stefano, Ronald A. Shems, Rebecca M. Ellis, Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, Vermont, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.
Howard L. Zwickel, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, New York (Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of the State of New York, Barbara G. Billet, Solicitor General, Nancy A. Spiegel, Assistant Attorney General, Albany, New York; Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, State of Alaska, Susan D. Cox, Juneau, Alaska; Grant Woods, Attorney General, State of Arizona, Tim Delaney, Phoenix, Arizona; Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, State of California, Thomas F. Gede, Sacramento, California; Gale A. Norton, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Richard A. Westfall, Denver, Colorado; Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Jane S. Scholl, Hartford, Connecticut; M. Jane Brady, Attorney General, State of Delaware, Michael J. Rich, Wilmington, Delaware; Margery S. Bronster, Attorney General, State of Hawaii, Girard D. Lau, Honolulu, Hawaii; Alan G. Lance, Attorney General, State of Idaho, David L. Hennessey, Boise, Idaho; James E. Ryan, Attorney General, State of Illinois, Barbara Preiner, Chicago, Illinois; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, State of Iowa, Elizabeth M. Osenbaugh, Des Moines, Iowa; Carla J. Stovall, Attorney General, State of Kansas, John W. Campbell, Topeka, Kansas; Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, State of Maine, Thomas D. Warren, Augusta, Maine; J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, State of Maryland, Andrew H. Baida, Baltimore, Maryland; Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, State of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Lansing, Michigan; Mike Moore, Attorney General, State of Mississippi, James F. Steel, Jackson, Mississippi; Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General, State of Montana, Clay R. Smith, Helena, Montana; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General, State of Nevada, Anne Cathcart, Carson City, Nevada; Philip T. McLaughlin, Attorney General, State of New Hampshire, Steven M. Houran, Concord, New Hampshire; Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, State of North Carolina, Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Raleigh, North Carolina; Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, State of Ohio, Simon B. Karas, Columbus, Ohio; W.A. Drew Edmonson, Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Victor N. Bird, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dan Morales, Attorney General, State of Texas, Javier P. Guajardo, Jr., Austin, Texas; Jan Graham, Attorney General, State of Utah, Annina M. Mitchell, Salt Lake City, Utah; Richard Cullen, Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia, Frank S. Ferguson, Richmond, Virginia; Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Silas B. Taylor, Charleston, West Virginia, on the brief), for Amici Curiae States of New York, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and the Commonwealth of Virginia, in support of defendant-appellant.
Mark B. Rotenberg, General Counsel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Mark A. Bohnhorst, Associate General Counsel, Minneapolis, Minnesota; James E. Holst, General Counsel, University of California, John F. Lundberg, Christopher M. Patti, Oakland, California; Elizabeth M. Barry, Co-Interim General Counsel, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; C. Peter Magrath, President, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, Washington, D.C.), filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae Regents of the University of Minnesota, Regents of the University of California, Regents of the University of Michigan, and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, supporting reversal.
Frederick Robinson, Washington, D.C. (Christine P. Hsu, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D.C., David C. Birdoff, Fulbright & Jaworski, New York, New York; Joseph A. Keyes, Jr., Washington, D.C.; Sheldon E. Steinbach, Washington, D.C.), filed a brief on behalf of Amici Curiae Association of American Medical Colleges and American Council on Education, supporting reversal.
Priscilla R. Budeiri, Washington, D.C. (Gary W. Thompson, Lisa R. Hovelson, Alan Shusterman, Washington, D.C.), filed a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae Taxpayers Against Fraud, The False Claims Act Legal Center, in support of plaintiff-appellee.
Before: KEARSE and WALKER, Circuit Judges, and WEINSTEIN, District Judge.
