UNITED STATES v. HATTER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Q. Wolfson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Under wood, former Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Ogden, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, David M. Cohen, Douglas N. Letter, and Anne Murphy.

Steven S. Rosenthal argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were W. Stephen Smith and Ellen E. Deason.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and in which Scalia, J.,joined as to Parts I, II, and V. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, p. 581. Thomas, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, p. 586. Stevens, J., and O'Connor, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.