BAUER v. ELRICH

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Michael Bekesha , JUDICIAL WATCH, INC., Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Catherine Carroll , WILMERHALE LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Lindsey Powell , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. ON BRIEF: Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Leon T. Kenworthy , Alex Hemmer , Alexandra Stewart , WILMERHALE LLP, Washington, D.C.; Marc P. Hansen , County Attorney, John P. Markovs , Deputy County Attorney, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellees. Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Daniel Tenny , Civil Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Steven M. Sullivan , Solicitor General, Jeffrey P. Dunlap , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus State of Maryland. William Tong , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT, Hartford, Connecticut, for Amicus State of Connecticut. Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Wilmington, Delaware, for Amicus State of Delaware. Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D.C., for Amicus District of Columbia. Maura Healey , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amicus Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Keith Ellison , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MINNESOTA, St. Paul, Minnesota, for Amicus State of Minnesota. Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, Trenton, New Jersey, for Amicus State of New Jersey Hector Balderas, Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW MEXICO, Santa Fe, New Mexico, for Amicus State of New Mexico. Letitia James , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, New York, New York, for Amicus State of New York. Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OREGON, Salem, Oregon, for Amicus State of Oregon. Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Amicus Commonwealth of Virginia. Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON, Olympia, Washington, for Amicus State of Washington. Michael N. Feuer , City Attorney, Kathleen A. Kenealy , Chief Assistant City Attorney, Danielle L. Goldstein , Deputy City Attorney, Michael J. Dundas , Deputy City Attorney, OFFICE OF THE LOS ANGELES CITY ATTORNEY, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus City of Los Angeles. Charles W. Thompson, Jr. , Executive Director and General Counsel, Amanda Kellar , Deputy General Counsel, INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, Rockville, Maryland, for Amicus International Municipal Lawyers Association. John Daniel Reaves , General Counsel, THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, Washington, D.C., for Amicus United States Conference of Mayors. Peter S. Holmes , City Attorney, OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY OF SEATTLE, Seattle, Washington, for Amicus City of Seattle, Washington. Daniel T. Satterberg , Prosecuting Attorney, David J. Hackett , Senior Deputy Prosecutor, KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Seattle, Washington, for Amicus King County, Washington. Barbara J. Parker , City Attorney, OAKLAND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Oakland, California, for Amicus City of Oakland, California. Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, Benna Ruth Solomon , Deputy Corporation Counsel, Justin A. Houppert , Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel, CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Chicago, Illinois, for Amicus City of Chicago, Illinois.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge Gregory concurred. Judge Quattlebaum wrote a dissenting opinion.