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NELSON v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMIN.

No. 07-56424.

506 F.3d 713 (2007)

Robert M. NELSON; William Bruce Banerdt; Julia Bell; Josette Bellan; Dennis V. Byrnes; George Carlisle; Kent Robert Crossin; Larry R. D'Addario; Riley M. Duren; Peter R. Eisenhardt; Susan D.J. Foster; Matthew P. Golombek; Varoujan Gorjian; Zareh Gorjian; Robert J. Haw; James Kulleck; Sharlon L. Laubach; Christian A. Lindensmith; Amanda Mainzer; Scott Maxwell; Timothy P. McElrath; Susan Paradise; Konstantin Penanen; Celeste M. Satter; Peter M.B. Shames; Amy Snyder Hale; William John Walker; Paul R. Weissman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; Michael Griffin, Director of NASA, in his official capacity only; United States Department of Commerce; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, in his official capacity only; California Institute of Technology, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Stormer, Esq., Virginia Keeny, Hadsell & Stormer, Pasadena, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Vesper Mei, Esq., Wendy Ertmer, Esq., DOJ-U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, Alexander Pilmer, Esq., Mark T. Cramer, Esq., Mark C. Holscher, Esq., Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: B. FLETCHER, STEPHEN REINHARDT and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

Appellants' motion for an injunction pending appeal is granted. Appellants raise serious legal and constitutional questions, and the balance of hardships tips sharply in their favor. See Lopez v. Heckler, 713 F.2d 1432, 1435 (9th Cir.1983), rev'd in part on other grounds, 463 U.S. 1328, 104 S.Ct. 10, 77 L.Ed.2d 1431 (1983), 464 U.S. 879, 104 S.Ct. 221, 78 L.Ed.2d 217 (1983).

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