CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF U.S. v. BROWN

No. 06-939.

128 S.Ct. 2408 (2008)

554 U.S. 60

171 L.Ed.2d 264

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA et al., Petitioners, v. Edmund G. BROWN, Jr., Attorney General of California, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willis J. Goldsmith , New York, NY, for petitioners.

Thomas G. Hungar , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Michael Gottesman , for respondents.

Robin S. Conrad , Shane Brennan, Washington, D.C., Of Counsel, Willis J. Goldsmith , Counsel of Record, Jones Day, New York, NY, Steven J. Law , Stephen A. Bokat , Office of Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., Of Counsel, Michael A. Carvin , Noel J. Francisco , Luke A. Sobota , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Bradley W. Kampas , Scott Oborne, Jackson Lewis LLP, San Francisco, CA, Of Counsel, for petitioners.

Jonathan P. Hiatt , Washington, D.C., Stephen P. Berzon , Scott A. Kronland , Counsel of Record, Stacey M. Leyton , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations and California Labor Federation.

Edmund G. Brown Jr. , Attorney General of the State of California, Janet Gaard , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros , Solicitor General, Gordon Burns, Deputy Solicitor General, Louis Verdugo, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richard T. Waldow , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Angela Sierra , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Counsel of Record, Los Angeles, CA, for the State Respondents.


A California statute known as "Assembly Bill 1889" (AB 1889) prohibits several classes of employers that receive state funds from using the funds "to assist, promote, or deter union organizing." See Cal. Govt.Code Ann. §§ 16645-16649 (West...

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