MILLER, SUPERINTENDENT, PENDLETON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, et al.
v.
FRENCH et al.
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Argued April 18, 2000.
Decided June 19, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jon Laramore, Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 99-224. With him on the briefs were Karen M. Freeman-Wilson, Attorney General, Jeffrey A. Modisett, former Attorney General, and Wayne E. Uhl and Geoffrey G. Slaughter, Deputy Attorneys General.
Deputy Solicitor General Underwood argued the cause for the United States in No. 99-582. With her on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Lee, Irving L. Gornstein, and Mark L. Gross.
Kenneth J. Falk argued the cause for respondents in both cases. With him on the brief were Jacquelyn E. Bowie, Hamid R. Kashani, Steven R. Shapiro, and Elizabeth Alexander.†
O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined, and in which Souter and Ginsburg, JJ., joined as to Parts I and II. Souter, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Ginsburg, J., joined, p. 350. Breyer, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens, J., joined, p. 353.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.
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