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CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO v. TRUMP

Nos. 17-17478, 17-17480.

897 F.3d 1225 (2018)

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald J. TRUMP, President of the United States; Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States; Elaine C. Duke; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants. County of Santa Clara, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States; Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General, Attorney General of the United States; Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security; Elaine C. Duke; Mick Mulvaney, Director, OMB; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 1, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Readler (argued), Acting Assistant Attorney General; Alex G. Tse , Acting United States Attorney; Mark B. Stern , Daniel Tenny , and Brad Hinshelwood , Appellate Staff; Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.

Christine Van Aken (argued), Yvonne R. Meré , Ronald P.Flynn , Jesse C. Smith , Neha Gupta , Matthew S. Lee , Aileen M. McGrath , Sara J. Eisenberg , Mollie M. Lee , Tara M. Steeley , and Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney; Office of the City Attorney, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee City and County of San Francisco.

Danielle L. Goldstein (argued), Adriana L. Benedict , Laura S. Trice , Julie Wilensky , Kavita Narayan , L. Javier Serrano , Greta S. Hansen , and James R. Williams , County Counsel; Office of the County Counsel, San Jose, California; Tejinder Singh , Sarah E. Harrington , and Kevin K. Russell , Goldstein & Russel P.C., Bethesda, Maryland; for Plaintiff-Appellee County of Santa Clara.

Dissent by Judge Fernandez.

OPINION

This appeal presents the question of whether, in the absence of congressional authorization, the Executive Branch may withhold all federal grants from so-called "sanctuary" cities and counties. We conclude that, under the principle of Separation of Powers and in consideration of the Spending Clause, which vests...

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