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U.S. v. ALABAMA

Nos. 11-14532, 11-14674.

691 F.3d 1269 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross Appellee, v. State of ALABAMA, Governor of Alabama, Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants, National Fair Housing Alliance, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Abate , Beth S. Brinkmann , William H. Orrick, III , Jeffrey Eric Sandberg , Mark B. Stern , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Section, Varu Chilakamarri , C. Lee Reeves, II , Daniel Tenny , Tony West , Joshua Wilkenfeld , U.S. Dept. of Justice — Civ. Div., Benjamin M. Shultz , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Ramona Albin , Praveen S. Krishna , Joyce White Vance , Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cross Appellee.

James W. Davis , Prim F. Escalona , Misty S. Fairbanks , Margaret L. Fleming , John Cowles Neiman, Jr. , William Glenn Parker, Jr. , Winfield J. Sinclair , Luther J. Strange, III , Atty. Gen.'s Office, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees Cross Appellants.

James Uriah Blacksher , Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Mark R. Von Sternberg , New York City Bar Ass'n, Henry Lawrence Solano , Dewey & LeBoeuf, LLP, New York City, Dale M. Schwartz , Dale M. Schwartz & Associates, LLP, John J. Park, Jr. , Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Roger L. Rice , Miguel A. Perez Vargas , META, Inc., Somerville, MA, Richard Peter Hutchison , Landmark Legal Foundation, Kansas City, MO, Edward Lawrence White , Am. Ctr. for Law and Justice, Erin Elizabeth Mersino , Thomas More Law Ctr., Robert Joseph Muise , Am. Freedom Law Ctr., Ann Arbor, MI, Barnaby W. Zall , Weinberg Jacobs & Tolani, LLP, Rockville, MD, John J. Bursch , Atty. Gen.'s Office, Lansing, MI, for New York City Bar Ass'n Committee on Imm. and Nationality Law, Anti-Defamation League, META, Inc., Landmark Legal Foundation, United Mexican States, Am. Ctr. for Law and Justice, Am. Unity Legal Defense Fund, State of Michigan, State of Arizona, State of Georgia, State of Idaho, State of Kansas, State of Nebraska, State of Oklahoma, State of South Carolina, Thomas More Law Ctr., State of Florida, Am. Imm. Lawyers Ass'n, Government of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, The United Mexican States, et al., Amici Curiae.

Before WILSON and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and VOORHEES, District Judge.

WILSON, Circuit Judge:

On June 9, 2011, Governor Robert Bentley signed into law House Bill 56, titled the "Beason-Hammon Alabama Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act" (H.B. 56). The stated purpose of the legislation is to discourage illegal immigration within the state and maximize enforcement of federal immigration laws through cooperation with federal authorities. See Ala.Code § 31-13-2. A total of ten provisions of H.B. 56 are at issue in the appeal...

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