DAI. v. N.Y. COALITION FOR QUALITY ASSISTED LIVING

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Millett ( Steven M. Pesner , Robert H. Pees , James P. Chou , and Christopher M. Egleson , on the brief), Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington DC, for Movant-Appellant New York State Coalition for Quality Assisted Living.

Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General of the State of New York ( Andrew M. Cuomo , Attorney General, Benjamin Gutman , Deputy Solicitor General, Cecilia C. Chang , Laura R. Johnson , Steven C. Wu , Assistant Solicitors General, on the brief), New York, NY, for New York State Defendants-Appellants.

Andrew G. Gordon ( Julie E. Fink , Geoffrey Chepiga , Elizabeth Seidlin-Bernstein , Lindsey Weinstock , and Francine Murray , on the brief), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY; Cliff Zucker ( Timothy A. Clune , on the brief) Disability Advocates, Inc., Albany, NY; Ira A. Burnim , Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Washington, DC; Mara A. Kuns , Urban Justice Center, New York, NY; Roger Bearden ( Aditi Koethekar , on the brief), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, New York, NY; and Jeannette Zelhof ( Jota Borgmann , on the brief), MFY Legal Services, Inc., New York, NY, for Plaintiff-Appellee Disability Advocates, Inc.

Samuel R. Bagenstos , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General ( Thomas E. Perez , Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Dunsay Silver and Terese Kwon , Attorneys, on the brief), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Hugh Barber , Assistant Attorney General of Connecticut (on behalf of Richard Blumenthal , Attorney General of Connecticut, Dustin McDaniel , Attorney General of Arkansas, Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General of Tennessee, Mark L. Shurtleff , Attorney General of Utah, Bruce A. Salzbury , Attorney General of Wyoming), Hartford, CT, for amici curiae States of Connecticut, Arkansas, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming, in support of New York State Appellants.

Christopher Murray ( Matthew F. Didora , on the brief), Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, PC, Uniondale, NY, for amici curiae Americare Certified Special Services, Inc. et al., in support of Appellants.

David T. Luntz ( Lori A. Sievers , on the brief), Hinman Straub, PC, Albany, NY, for Movant Empire State Association of Assisted Living, in support of Appellants.

Jordan W. Siev ( Christopher A. Lynch , Cameron G. Van Tassell and David J. De Jesus , on the brief), Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY, for amicus curiae Families of Current Adult Home Residents, in support of Appellants.

Carla Christofferson ( Justine M. Daniels and Christopher A. Adams , on the brief), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amici curiae American Association of Community Psychiatrists et al., in support of Appellees.

Steven J. Schwartz ( Mollie Richardson , on the brief), Center for Public Representation, Northampton, MA; and Robert J. Alessi ( Gregory G. Nickson and Jeffrey D. Kuhn , on the brief), Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Albany, NY, for amici curiae Dick Thornburgh (former United States Attorney General) and 30 former state mental health commissioners, in support of Appellees.

Elizabeth B. McCallum , Howrey LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae C.C. et al. (current and former residents of Adult Homes), in support of Appellees.

Antony L. Ryan ( Rebecca R. Silber and Alejandro H. Cruz ), Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae The National Disability Rights Network et al., in support of Appellee Disability Advocates.

Peter K. Vigeland ( Michael Bongiorno , David F. Olsky , Omar Kahn , Natalie Rastin , Leizel A. Ching , on the brief), Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae The Coalition of Institutionalized Aged and Disabled et al., in support of Appellees.

Before: CABRANES and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, District Judge.