Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Hashim M. Mooppan (argued), Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Thomas Pulham , Abby C. Wright , and Mark B. Stern , Appellate Staff; Alex G. Tse , Acting United States Attorney; Chad A. Readler , Acting Assistant Attorney General; United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Michael J. Mongan (argued), Deputy Solicitor General; Samuel P. Siegel , Associate Deputy Solicitor General; James F. Zahradka II , Deputy Attorney General; Michael L. Newman , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Edward C. DuMont , Solicitor General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of California.
Susan P. Herman , Deputy Attorney General; Janet T. Mills , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, Maine; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Maine.
Jacob Campion , Assistant Attorney General; Lori Swanson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Minnesota.
Leah J. Tullin , Assistant Attorney General; Steven M. Sullivan , Solicitor General; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Baltimore, Maryland; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Maryland.
Jeffrey Michael Davidson (argued), Breanna K. Jones , David S. Watnick , Erika Douglas , and Mónica Ramírez Almadani , Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco, California; Ivano M. Ventresca , Megan A. Crowley , Alexander A. Berengaut , Mark H. Lynch , and Robert A. Long , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiff-Appellee The Regents of the University of California, et al.
Brian Danitz , Tamarah Prevost , and Justin T. Berger , Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, Burlingame, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee City of San José.
Mark D. Rosenbaum (argued), Malhar Shah , and Judy London , Public Counsel, Los Angeles, California; Haley S. Morrisson , Matthew S. Rozen , and Nicole A. Saharsky , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kelsey J. Helland , Jonathan N. Soleimani , Kirsten Galler , Ethan D. Dettmer , and Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California; Luis Cortes Romera , Barrera Legal Group PLLC, Kent, Washington; Erwin Chemerinsky , Berkeley, California; Laurence H. Tribe , Cambridge, Massachusetts; Leah M. Litman , Irvine, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Virdiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, and Jirayut Latthivongskorn.
Andrew Kushner , Eric P. Brown , and Stacey M. Leyton , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee County of Santa Clara and Service Employees International Union Local 521.
Marcelo Quiñones , Laura S. Trice , Greta S. Hansen , and James R. Williams , Office of the County Counsel, County of Santa Clara, San Jose, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee County of Santa Clara.
Jessica Levin , Melissa Lee , Lorraine K. Bannai , and Robert S. Chang , Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, for Amici Curiae 42 Historians and the Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.
Leo Gertner , Deborah L. Smith , and Nicole G. Berner , Service Employees International Union, Washington, D.C.; Deepak Gupta , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, D.C.; David J. Strom , American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.; Judith Rivlin , American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Washington, D.C.; Patricia M. Shea , Communications Workers of America, Washington, D.C.; Bradley Raymond , International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Washington, D.C.; Joseph E. Kolick Jr. , International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Hanover, Maryland; Mario Martínez , Martínez Aguilasocho & Lynch APLC, Bakersfield, California; for Amici Curiae Service Employees International Union; American Federation of Teachers; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; Communications Workers of America; International Brotherhood of Teamsters; International Union of Painters and Allied Trades; and United Farm Workers of America.
Geoffrey S. Brounell and Peter Karanjia , Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United We Dream.
Sean Goldhammer , Lubna A. Alam , Jason Walta , Emma Leheny , and Alice O'Brien , National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; Andra M. Donovan , San Diego Unified School District, San Diego, California; Abhas Hajela , Capitol Advisors Group LLC, Sacramento, California; Eric E. Stevens , Girard Edwards Stevens & Tucker LLP, Sacramento, California; Kathryn M. Sheffield , California Faculty Association, Sacramento, California; Glenn Rothner , Rothner Segall & Greenstone, Pasadena, California; D. Michael Ambrose and Elaine M. Yama-Garcia , California School Boards Association Education Legal Alliance, Sacramento, California; Jean Shin and Laura P. Juran , California Teachers Association, Burlingame, California; Vibiana M. Andrade , Los Angeles County Office of Education, Downey, California; Devora Navera Reed and David Holmquist , Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, California; Sonja H. Trainor and Francisco Negrón , National School Boards Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Michael L. Smith , Oakland Unified School District, Oakland, California; Raoul Bozio , Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento, California; for Amici Curiae Public Education Groups.
Caryn C. Lederer , Chirag G. Badlani , and Matthew J. Piers , Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; Daniel B. Rice and Joshua A. Geltzer , Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders.
Zachary Kolodin , Michael N. Fresco , Adeel A. Mangi , and Steven A. Zalesin , Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York; Juvaria Khan , Sirine Shebaya , and Jonathan Smith , Muslim Advocates, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae 119 Religious Organizations.
Jennifer J. Yun , Ishan Bhabha , Lindsay C. Harrison , and Thomas J. Perrelli , Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Institutions of Higher Education.
Jennifer B. Sokoler and Anton Metlitsky , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Eighteen Universities.
Lauren R. Goldman and Karen W. Lin , Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York; Andrew J. Pincus , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C.; Ari Holzblatt , Patrick J. Carome , and Seth Waxman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae 102 Companies and Associations.
John-Paul S. Deol and Daniel J. McCoy , Fenwick & West LLP, Mountain View, California; Mark S. Ross , James L. McGinnis , and Neil A.F. Popović , Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amicus Curiae The Bar Association of San Francisco.
Juan P. Valdivieso , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Oakland, California; Albert Giang , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Los Angeles, California; J. Wells Harrell and Joshua Riley , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae Former Federal Immigration and Homeland Security Officials.
Kaitland M. Kennelly and William J. Schwartz , Cooley LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Partnership for Educational Justice, DelawareCAN: The Delaware Campaign for Achievement Now, HawaiiKidsCAN, NewMexicoKidsCAN, and Virginia Excels.
Matthew Scherb , Michael Dundas , Valerie L. Flores , Leela A. Kapur , James P. Clark , and Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, California; Donna R. Ziegler , Alameda County Counsel, Oakland, California; Anne L. Morgan , City Attorney, Austin, Texas; Eugene O'Flaherty , City Corporation Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts; Cheryl Watson Fisher , City Solicitor, Chelsea, Massachusetts; Kimberly M. Foxx , States Attorney for Cook County, Chicago, Illinois; Jeremy Berry , City Attorney, Atlanta, Georgia; Farimah F. Brown , City Attorney, Berkeley, California; Nancy E. Glowa , City Solicitor, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Edward N. Siskel , City Corporation Counsel, Chicago, Illinois; Larry E. Casto , City Attorney, Dallas, Texas; Kristin M. Bronson , City Attorney of the City and County of Denver, Denver, Colorado; Gregory L. Thomas , City Attorney, Gary, Indiana; Ronald C. Lewis , City Attorney, Houston, Texas; Eleanor M. Dilkes , City Attorney, Iowa City, Iowa; Jennifer Vega-Brown , City Attorney, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, District of Colombia, Washington, D.C.; Donna Y. L. Leong , Corporation Counsel, Honolulu, Hawaii; Aaron O. Lavine , City Attorney, Ithaca, New York; Daniel T. Satterberg , King County Prosecuting Attorney, Seattle, Washington; Charles Parkin , City Attorney, Long Beach, California; Margaret L. Carter , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, California; Susan Segal , City Attorney, Minneapolis, Minnesota; John Rose Jr. , Corporation Counsel, New Haven, Connecticut; Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney, Oakland, California; Tracy P. Reeve , City Attorney, Portland, Oregon; Michael P. May , City Attorney, Madison, Wisconsin; Charles J. McKee , Monterey County Counsel, Salinas, California; Zachary W. Carter , City Corporation Counsel, New York, New York; Marcel S. Pratt , Acting City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Dana , City Solicitor, Providence, Rhode Island; Timothy R. Curtin , City Corporation Counsel, Rochester, New York; Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Lane Dilg , City Attorney, Santa Monica, California; Francis X. Wright Jr. , City Solicitor, Somerville, Massachusetts; Matthew D. Ruyak , Interim City Attorney, Sacramento, California; Kelley A. Brennan , City Attorney, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Peter S. Holmes , City Attorney; Seattle, Washington; Mike Rankin , City Attorney, Tucson, Arizona; Michael Jenkins , West Hollywood City Attorney, Jenkins & Hogan LLP, Manhattan Beach, California; John Daniel Reaves , General Counsel, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae 40 Cities and Counties, The National League of Cities, and The United States Conference of Mayors.
Jennifer Chang Newell and Katrina L. Eiland , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, San Francisco, California; David Hausman , Michael K.T. Tan , and Lee Gelernt , ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project, New York, New York; Julia Harumi Mass , ACLU Foundation of Northern California, San Francisco, California; Ahilan T. Arulanantham , ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California; David Loy , ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, San Diego, California; for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, ACLU Foundation of Northern California, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties.
Claire M. Blakey , Johanna S. Dennehy , and Harry Lee , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, D.C.; Christopher W. Smith , Steptoe & Johnson, Los Angeles, California; for Amici Curiae Immigration Law Scholars.
Avi Zevin , Jack Lienke , and Richard L. Revesz , Institute for Policy Integrity, New York, New York, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law.
Anna-Rose Mathieson and Ben Feuer , California Appellate Law Group LLP, San Francisco, California; Daniel Hemel , Chicago, Illinois; Seth Davis , Irvine, California; for Amici Curiae Twenty-Four Law Professors.
Philicia Hill , Dorian Spence , Dariely Rodriguez , and Jon Greenbaum , The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; Sameer P. Sheikh , Martin L. Saad , John F. Cooney , and William D. Coston , Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Anti-Defamation League, and Social Justice Organizations.
Joan R. Li , Kara C. Wilson , Monique R. Sherman , and Maureen P. Alger , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, California, for Amici Curiae Legal Services Organizations.
Mary Kelley Persyn , Persyn Law & Policy, San Francisco, California, for Amici Curiae American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and California Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.
Christopher J. Hajec , Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae The Immigration Reform Law Institute.
Concurrence by Judge Owens.
