COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS v. WOLF

No. 19-3169.

962 F.3d 208 (2020)

COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chad F. WOLF, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan C. Arguello , Steven A. Levy , David E. Morrison , A. Colin Weider , Takayuki Ono , Attorneys, Goldberg Kohn LTD., Chicago, IL, Lauren Elizabeth Miller , Jessica M. Scheller , Attorneys, Office of the Cook County State's Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cook County, Illinois.

Meghan Carter , Attorney, Oak Park, IL, Caroline Chapman , Nanshelmun Dashan , Attorneys, Legal Council for Health Justice, Chicago, IL, Tacy Fletcher Flint , David A. Gordon , Marlow Svatek , Attorneys, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert Velevis , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Dallas, TX, Militza M. Pagan , Katherine Elizabeth Walz , Attorneys, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Joshua Dos Santos , Gerard Sinzdak , Daniel Tenny , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Washington, DC, Joshua M. Kolsky , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Mark Steven Venezia , Attorney, Immigration Reform Law Institute, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Immigration Reform Law Institute.

Alanna Peterson , Attorney, Pacifica Law Group, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae Nonprofit Anti-Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Organizations.

Laurie Carr Mims , Attorney, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Housing Law Project.

Elizabeth B. Wydra , Attorney, Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Legal Historians.

Ariel Claire Nelson , Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA, for Amicus Curiae National Consumer Law Center, Incorporated.

Matthew J. Owens , Attorney, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Chicago, IL, Kristyn DeFilipp , Attorney, Foley Hoag LLP, Boston, MA, for Amicus Curiae Health Law Advocates.

Harry Lee , Attorney, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Immigration Law Professors.

Sadik Harry Huseny , Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae Fiscal Policy Institute.

Douglas Neal Letter , William E. Havemann , Attorneys, United States House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, Robert Mark Loeb , Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae United States House of Representatives.

Benna Ruth Solomon , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae City of Chicago.

Priyamvada Arora, Esq. , Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Susan Krumplitsch , Attorney, DLA Piper LLP (US), East Palo Alto , CA, for Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Kyle A. Virgien , Charles F. Sprague , Attorneys, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA, Tyce R. Walters , Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Civil Liberties Union.

Paul Whitfield Hughes , Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae 5300 N 33rd St. LLC.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Rovner and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


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