U.S. v. BLEWETT

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Frank W. Heft, Jr. , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Terry M. Cushing , United States Attorney's Office, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee. Vincent M. Southerland , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae. ON BRIEF: Frank W. Heft, Jr. , Scott T. Wendelsdorf , Laura R. Wyrosdick , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. Terry M. Cushing , United States Attorney's Office, Louisville, Kentucky, David M. Lieberman , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. Vincent M. Southerland , Ria Tabacco Mar , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, New York, Candace C. Crouse , Pinales Stachler Young Burrell & Crouse Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, Douglas A. Berman , The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, Dennis G. Terez , Jeffrey B. Lazarus , Office of the Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio, for Amici Curiae.

SUTTON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BATCHELDER, C.J., BOGGS, GILMAN, GIBBONS, COOK, McKEAGUE, GRIFFIN and KETHLEDGE, JJ., joined, and MOORE, J., joined in the result. MOORE, J. (pp. 660-69), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment. MERRITT, J. (pp. 669-71), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which DONALD J., joined. COLE, J. (pp. 671-75), delivered a separate dissenting opinion. CLAY, J. (pp. 675-85), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which DONALD, J., joined. ROGERS, J. (pp. 685-90), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which WHITE and STRANCH, JJ., joined, MERRITT, J., joined in part, and COLE, J., joined except for the last paragraph. WHITE, J. (pp. 690-98), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.