Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York, and Michael J. Myers , Senior Counsel, argued the cause for the State and Municipal petitioners and intervenor Nevada. With them on the briefs were Letitia James , Attorney General, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Matthew W. Grieco , Assistant Solicitor General, Andrew G. Frank , Assistant Attorney General of Counsel, Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of California, Robert W. Byrne , Senior Assistant Attorney General, David A. Zonana , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jonathan A. Wiener , M. Elaine Meckenstock , Timothy E. Sullivan , Elizabeth B. Rumsey , and Theodore A.B. McCombs , Deputy Attorneys General, William Tong , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, Matthew I. Levine and Scott N. Koschwitz , Assistant Attorneys General, Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Delaware, Valerie S. Edge , Deputy Attorney General, Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Eric R. Olson , Solicitor General, Robyn L. Wille , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Hawaii, William F. Cooper , Deputy Attorney General, Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Illinois, Matthew J. Dunn and Daniel I. Rottenberg , Assistant Attorneys General, Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maine, Laura E. Jensen , Assistant Attorney General, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maryland, John B. Howard, Jr. , Joshua M. Segal , and Steven J. Goldstein , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Maura Healey , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Melissa A. Hoffer and Christophe Courchesne , Assistant Attorneys General, Megan M. Herzog and David S. Frankel , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Michigan, Gillian E. Wener , Assistant Attorney General, Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Minnesota, Peter N. Surdo , Special Assistant Attorney General, Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Nevada, Heidi Parry Stern , Solicitor General, Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, Lisa J. Morelli , Deputy Attorney General, Hector Balderas , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Tania Maestas , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Carolina, Asher Spiller , Assistant Attorney General, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oregon, Paul Garrahan , Attorney-in-Charge, Steve Novick , Special Assistant Attorney General, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ann R. Johnston , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Aimee D. Thomson , Deputy Attorney General, Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, Gregory S. Schultz , Special Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Nicholas F. Persampieri , Assistant Attorney General, Mark Herring , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Donald D. Anderson , Deputy Attorney General, Paul Kugelman, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief, Environmental Section, Caitlin Colleen Graham O'Dwyer , Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Washington, Christopher H. Reitz and Emily C. Nelson , Assistant Attorneys General, Joshua L. Kaul , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, Gabe Johnson-Karp , Assistant Attorney General, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, Tom Carr , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Boulder, Debra S. Kalish , Senior Counsel, Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, Benna Ruth Solomon , Deputy Corporation Counsel, Jared Policicchio , Supervising Assistant Corporation Counsel, Kristin M. Bronson , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City and County of Denver, Lindsay S. Carder and Edward J. Gorman , Assistant City Attorneys, Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, Michael J. Bostrom , Assistant City Attorney, James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, Christopher G. King , Senior Counsel, Marcel S. Pratt , City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia Law Department, Scott J. Schwarz and Patrick K. O'Neill , Divisional Deputy City Solicitors, and Thomas F. Pepe , City Attorney, City of South Miami. Morgan A. Costello and Brian M. Lusignan , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York, Gavin G. McCabe , Deputy Attorney General, Anne Minard , Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Cynthia M. Weisz , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maryland, entered appearances.
Kevin Poloncarz argued the cause for Power Company Petitioners. With him on the briefs were Donald L. Ristow and Jake Levine .
Mark W. DeLaquil argued the cause for Coal Industry Petitioners. With him on the briefs were Shay Dvoretzky , Charles T. Wehland , Jeffery D. Ubersax , Robert D. Cheren , and Andrew Grossman .
Theodore Hadzi-Antich , Buffalo, NY, argued the cause for Robinson Enterprises Petitioners. With him on the briefs were Robert Henneke and Ryan D. Walters , Costa Mesa, CA.
Sean H. Donahue , Washington, DC, and Michael J. Myers , Spokane, WA, argued the causes for Public Health and Environmental Petitioners. On the briefs were Ann Brewster Weeks , James P. Duffy , Susannah L. Weaver , Washington, DC, Joanne Spalding , Andres Restrepo , Vera Pardee , Clare Lakewood , Howard M. Crystal , Elizabeth Jones , Brittany E. Wright , Jon A. Mueller , David Doniger , Benjamin Longstreth , Washington, DC, Melissa J. Lynch , Lucas May , Vickie L. Patton , Washington, DC, Tomas Carbonell , Benjamin Levitan , Howard Learner , and Scott Strand . Alejandra Nunez entered an appearance.
David M. Williamson , Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for Biogenic Petitioners.
Gene Grace , Jeff Dennis , and Rick Umoff were on the brief for petitioners American Wind Energy Association, et al.
Theodore E. Lamm and Sean B. Hecht , Los Angeles, CA, were on the brief for amicus curiae. Thomas C. Jorling in support of petitioners.
Gabriel Pacyniak , Brent Chapman , Syosset, NY, and Graciela Esquivel were on the brief for amici curiae the Coalition to Protect America's National Parks and the National Parks Conservation Association in support of petitioners.
Deborah A. Sivas and Matthew J. Sanders were on the brief for amici curiae Administrative Law Professors in support of petitioners.
Hope M. Babcock was on the brief for amici curiae the American Thoracic Society, et al. in support of petitioners.
Richard L. Revesz and Jack Lienke were on the brief for amicus curiae the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law in support of petitioners.
Steph Tai was on the brief for amici curiae Climate Scientists in support of petitioners.
Michael Burger and Collyn Peddie were on the brief for amici curiae the National League of Cities, et al. in support of petitioners.
Keri R. Steffes was on the brief for amici curiae Faith Organizations in support of petitioners.
Shaun A. Goho , Seattle, WA, was on the brief for amici curiae Maximilian Auffhammer, et al. in support of petitioners.
Ethan G. Shenkman and Stephen K. Wirth , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amici curiae Patagonia Works and Columbia Sportswear Company in support of petitioners.
Mark Norman Templeton , Robert Adam Weinstock , Alexander Valdes , and Benjamin Nickerson , New York, NY, were on the brief for amicus curiae Professor Michael Greenstone in support of petitioners.
Nicole G. Berner and Renee M. Gerni were on the brief for amicus curiae the Service Employees International Union in support of petitioners.
Elizabeth B. Wydra , San Francisco, CA, and Brianne J. Gorod were on the brief for amici curiae Members of Congress in support of petitioners.
Jonas J. Monast was on the brief for amici curiae Energy Modelers in support of petitioners.
Katherine Konschnik was on the brief for amici curiae Former Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in support of petitioners.
Michael Landis , Elizabeth S. Merritt , Washington, DC, and Wyatt G. Sassman were on the brief for amici curiae Environment America and National Trust for Historic Preservation in support of petitioners.
Cara A. Horowitz was on the brief for amici curiae Grid Experts in support of petitioners.
Eric Alan Isaacson , La Jolla, CA, was on the brief for amici curiae U.S. Senators in support of petitioners.
Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, and Meghan E. Greenfield and Benjamin Carlisle , Attorneys, argued the causes for respondents. With them on the brief was Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General.
Lindsay S. See , Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of West Virginia, argued the cause for State and Industry intervenors in support of respondents regarding Affordable Clean Energy Rule. With her on the brief were Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Thomas T. Lampman , Assistant Solicitors General, Thomas A. Lorenzen , Elizabeth B. Dawson , Rae Cronmiller , Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alaska, Clyde Sniffen Jr. , Attorney General, Leslie Rutledge , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, Nicholas J. Bronni , Solicitor General, Vincent M. Wagner , Deputy Solicitor General, Dylan L. Jacobs , Assistant Solicitor General, Steve Marshall , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. , Solicitor General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Georgia, Andrew A. Pinson , Solicitor General, Derek Schmidt , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Kansas, Jeffrey A. Chanay , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Curtis T. Hill, Jr. , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Andrew Beshear , Governor, Office of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, S. Travis Mayo , Chief Deputy General Counsel, Taylor Payne , Deputy General Counsel, Joseph A. Newberg , Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director, Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Elizabeth B. Murrill , Solicitor General, Harry J. Vorhoff , Assistant Attorney General, Eric S. Schmitt , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Missouri, D. John Sauer , Solicitor General, Julie Marie Blake , Deputy Solicitor General, Timothy C. Fox , Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Montana, Matthew T. Cochenour , Deputy Solicitor General, Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Dakota, Paul M. Seby , Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Nebraska, Justin D. Lavene , Assistant Attorney General, Dave Yost , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of the State of Ohio, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Cameron F. Simmons , Principal Assistant Attorney General, Mike Hunter , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Mithun Mansinghani , Solicitor General, Jason R. Ravnsborg , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of South Dakota, Steven R. Blair , Assistant Attorney General, Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of South Carolina, James Emory Smith, Jr. , Deputy Solicitor General, Ken Paxton , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Kyle D. Hawkins , Solicitor General, Sean Reyes , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Utah, Tyler R. Green , Solicitor General, Bridget Hill , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, James Kaste , Deputy Attorney General, Todd E. Palmer , Milwaukee, WI, William D. Booth , Obianuju Okasi , Carroll W. McGuffey, III , Misha Tseytlin , Chicago, IL, C. Grady Moore, III , Julia Barber , Birmingham, AL, F. William Brownell , Washington, DC, Elbert Lin , Richmond, VA, Allison D. Wood , Scott A. Keller , Jeffrey H. Wood , Jeremy Evan Maltz , Steven P. Lehotsky , Washington, DC, Michael B. Schon , Emily Church Schilling , Salt Lake City, UT, Kristina R. Van Bockern , David M. Flannery , Kathy G. Beckett , Edward L. Kropp , Charleston, WV, Amy M. Smith , Janet J. Henry , Columbus, OH, Melissa Horne , Atlanta, GA, Angela Jean Levin , San Francisco, CA, Eugene M. Trisko , John A. Rego , Reed W. Sirak , Cleveland, OH, Michael A. Zody , Jacob Santini , Salt Lake City, UT, Robert D. Cheren , Mark W. DeLaquil , and Andrew M. Grossman , Washington, DC. C. Frederick Beckner, III , James R. Bedell , Cleveland, OH, Margaret C. Campbell , Atlanta, GA, Erik D. Lange , and John D. Lazzaretti , Cleveland, OH, entered an appearance.
James P. Duffy argued the cause for Public Health and Environmental Intervenors in support of respondents. With him on the brief were Ann Brewster Weeks , Sean H. Donahue , Susannah L. Weaver , Washington, DC, Joanne Spalding , Andres Restrepo , Vera Pardee , Clare Lakewood , Elizabeth Jones , Brittany E. Wright , Jon A. Mueller , David Doniger , Benjamin Longstreth , Washington, DC, Melissa J. Lynch , Lucas May , Vickie L. Patton , Washington, DC, Tomas Carbonell , Benjamin Levitan , Howard Learner , and Scott Strand .
Letitia James , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York, Michael J. Myers , Senior Counsel, Brian Lusignan , Assistant Attorney General of Counsel, Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Matthew W. Grieco , Assistant Solicitor General, Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of California, Robert W. Byrne , Senior Assistant Attorney General, David A. Zonana , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jonathan A. Wiener , M. Elaine Meckenstock , Timothy E. Sullivan , Elizabeth B. Rumsey , and Theodore A.B. McCombs , Deputy Attorneys General, William Tong , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Connecticut, Matthew I. Levine and Scott N. Koschwitz , Assistant Attorneys General, Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Delaware, Valerie S. Edge , Deputy Attorney General, Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Colorado, Eric R. Olson , Solicitor General, Robyn L. Wille , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Hawaii, William F. Cooper , Deputy Attorney General, Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Illinois, Matthew J. Dunn and Daniel I. Rottenberg , Assistant Attorneys General, Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maine, Laura E. Jensen , Assistant Attorney General, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Maryland, John B. Howard, Jr. , Joshua M. Segal , and Steven J. Goldstein , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Maura Healey , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Melissa A. Hoffer and Christophe Courchesne , Assistant Attorneys General, Megan M. Herzog and David S. Frankel , Special Assistant Attorneys General, Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Michigan, Gillian E. Wener , Assistant Attorney General, Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Minnesota, Peter N. Surdo , Special Assistant Attorney General, Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Nevada, Heidi Parry Stern , Solicitor General, Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, Lisa J. Morelli , Deputy Attorney General, Hector Balderas , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of New Mexico, Tania Maestas , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Carolina, Asher Spiller , Assistant Attorney General, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oregon, Paul Garrahan , Attorney-in-Charge, Steve Novick , Special Assistant Attorney General, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ann R. Johnston , Senior Deputy Attorney General, Aimee D. Thomson , Deputy Attorney General, Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Rhode Island, Gregory S. Schultz , Special Assistant Attorney General, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Vermont, Nicholas F. Persampieri , Assistant Attorney General, Mark Herring , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Donald D. Anderson , Deputy Attorney General, Paul Kugelman, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General and Chief, Environmental Section, Caitlin Colleen Graham O'Dwyer , Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Washington, Christopher H. Reitz and Emily C. Nelson , Assistant Attorneys General, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, Tom Carr , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Boulder, Debra S. Kalish , Senior Counsel, Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, Office of the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago, Benna Ruth Solomon , Deputy Corporation Counsel, Jared Policicchio , Supervising Assistant Corporation Counsel, Kristin M. Bronson , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City and County of Denver, Lindsay S. Carder and Edward J. Gorman , Assistant City Attorneys, Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, Michael J. Bostrom , Assistant City Attorney, James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, Christopher G. King , Senior Counsel, Marcel S. Pratt , City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia Law Department, Scott J. Schwarz and Patrick K. O'Neill , Divisional Deputy City Solicitors, and Thomas F. Pepe , City Attorney, City of South Miami were on the brief for the State and Municipal Intervenors in support of respondents. Jeremiah Langston , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Montana, Stephen C. Meredith , Solicitor, Office of the Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Margaret I. Olson , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Dakota, and Erik E. Petersen , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, and Robert A. Wolf entered appearances.
Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of West Virginia, Lindsay S. See , Solicitor General, Thomas T. Lampman , Assistant Solicitor General, Scott A. Keller , Jeffrey H. Wood , Jeremy Evan Maltz , Steven P. Lehotsky , Michael B. Schon , Thomas A. Lorenzen , Elizabeth B. Dawson , Rae Cronmiller , Steve Marshall , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Edmund G. LaCour, Jr. , Solicitor General, Kevin G. Clarkson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alaska at the time the brief was filed, Clyde Sniffen, Jr. , Attorney General, Leslie Rutledge , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Arkansas, Nicholas J. Bronni , Solicitor General, Vincent M. Wagner , Deputy Solicitor General, Dylan L. Jacobs , Assistant Solicitor General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Georgia, Andrew A. Pinson , Solicitor General, Derek Schmidt , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Kansas, Jeffrey A. Chanay , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Curtis T. Hill, Jr. , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of Indiana, Thomas M. Fisher , Solicitor General, Andrew Beshear , Governor, Office of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, S. Travis Mayo , Chief Deputy General Counsel, Taylor Payne , Deputy General Counsel, Joseph A. Newberg , Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director, Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Elizabeth B. Murrill , Solicitor General, Harry J. Vorhoff , Assistant Attorney General, Eric S. Schmitt , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Missouri, D. John Sauer , Solicitor General, Julie Marie Blake , Deputy Solicitor General, Timothy C. Fox , Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Montana, Matthew T. Cochenour , Deputy Solicitor General, Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Dakota, Paul M. Seby , Special Assistant Attorney General, Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Nebraska, Justin D. Lavene , Assistant Attorney General, Dave Yost , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of the State of Ohio, Benjamin M. Flowers , Solicitor General, Cameron F. Simmons , Principal Assistant Attorney General, Mike Hunter , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma, Mithun Mansinghani , Solicitor General, Jason R. Ravnsborg , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of South Dakota, Steven R. Blair , Assistant Attorney General, Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of South Carolina, James Emory Smith, Jr. , Deputy Solicitor General, Ken Paxton , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Kyle D. Hawkins , Solicitor General, Sean Reyes , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Utah, Tyler R. Green , Solicitor General, Bridget Hill , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Wyoming, James Kaste , Deputy Attorney General, Todd E. Palmer , Milwaukee, WI, William D. Booth , Obianuju Okasi , Carroll W. McGuffey, III , Misha Tseytlin , Chicago, IL, C. Grady Moore, III , Julia Barber , Birmingham, AL, F. William Brownell , Washington, DC, Elbert Lin , Richmond, VA, Allison D. Wood , Washington, DC, Emily Church Schilling , Salt Lake City, UT, Kristina R. Van Bockern , David M. Flannery , Kathy G. Beckett , Edward L. Kropp , Charleston, WV, Amy M. Smith , Janet J. Henry , Columbus, OH, Melissa Horne , Atlanta, GA, Angela Jean Levin , San Francisco, CA, Eugene M. Trisko , John A. Rego , Reed W. Sirak , Cleveland, OH, Michael A. Zody , Jacob Santini , Salt Lake City, UT, Robert D. Cheren , Mark W. DeLaquil , and Andrew M. Grossman , Washington, DC, were on the brief for State and Industry Intervenors in support of respondents regarding Clean Power Plan Repeal.
Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of North Dakota, and Paul M. Seby , Special Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for intervenor State of North Dakota in support of the respondents. Jerry Stouck entered an appearance.
Thomas J. Ward , Megan H. Berge , and Jared R. Wigginton , Washington, DC, were on the brief for amicus curiae National Association of Builders in support of respondents.
Opinion concurring in part, concurring in the judgment in part, and dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge Walker.
