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STATE v. U.S. DEPT. OF STATE

No. 20-35391.

996 F.3d 552 (2021)

STATE of Washington; State of California; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; District of Columbia; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Maine; State of Maryland; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of New Jersey; State of New York; State of North Carolina; State of Oregon; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; Commonwealth of Virginia; State of New Mexico; State of Wisconsin, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE; Antony J. Blinken, in his official capacity as Secretary of State; Directorate of Defense Trade Controls; Mike Miller, in his official capacity as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade; Sarah Heidema, in her official capacity as Director of Policy, Office of Defense Trade Controls Policy; United States Department of Commerce; Gina Raimondo, in her official capacity as Secretary of Commerce; Bureau of Industry and Security; Matthew S. Borman, in his official capacity as Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Cordell Hull, Defendants-Appellants, National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.; Fredric's Arms & Smiths, LLC, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 27, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Aguilar (argued) and Sharon Swingle , Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants.

Brendan Selby (argued) and Kristin Beneski , Assistant Attorneys General; Jeffrey Rupert , Division Chief; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, Washington; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; John W. Killeen , Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California; Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General; Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General; Office of the Attorney General, Denver, Colorado; William Tong , Attorney General; Maura Murphy Osborne , Assistant Attorney General; Kimberly Massicotte and Joseph Rubin ; Office of the Attorney General, Hartford, Connecticut; Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General; Christian Douglas Wright , Director of Impact Litigation; Jillian A. Lazar , Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Wilmington, Delaware; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General; Jacqueline R. Bechara , Appellate Litigation Fellow; Office of the Solicitor General, Washington, D.C.; Clare E. Connors , Attorney General; Robert T. Nakatsuji , Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii; Kawme Raoul , Attorney General; Kathryn Hunt Muse , Deputy Chief, Public Interest Division; Darren Kinkead , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, Illinois; Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General; Susan P. Herman , Chief Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Augusta, Maine; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General; Jeffrey P. Dunlap and Steven M. Sullivan ; Office of the Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland; Maura Healey , Attorney General; Phoebe Fischer-Groban , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Boston, Massachusetts; Dana Nessel , Attorney General; Joseph T. Froehlich , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan; Keith Ellison , Attorney General; Jacob Campion , Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota; Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General; Jeremy M. Feigenbaum , State Solicitor; Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, New Jersey; Hector Balderas , Attorney General; Nicholas M. Sydow , Civil Appellate Chief; Office of the Attorney General, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Letitia James , Attorney General; Daniela Nogueira , Assistant Attorney General; Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General; Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York; Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General; Sripriya Narasimhan , Deputy General Counsel; Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Carla Scott , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Portland, Oregon; Michael Kron , Special Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, Salem, Oregon; Joshua Shapiro , Attorney General; Jacob B. Boyer , Deputy Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General; Justin J. Sullivan , Special Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Providence, Rhode Island; T.J. Donovan , Attorney General; Benjamin D. Battles , Solicitor General; Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, Vermont; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Samuel T. Towell , Deputy Attorney General, Civil Litigation; Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Joshua L. Kaul , Attorney General; Brian P. Keenan , Assistant Attorney General; Department of Justice Madison, Wisconsin; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Neal Kumar Katyal and Jo-Ann Tamila Sagar , Hogan Lovells US LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Brady.

Dissent by Judge Whaley.

OPINION

The U.S. Department of State ("DOS") and Department of Commerce appeal the district court's order granting the motion of 22 states and the District of Columbia to enjoin DOS's final rule removing 3D-printed guns and their associated files from the U.S. Munitions...

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