Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert E. Henneke , Texas Public Policy Foundation, Austin, TX, Kimberly S. Hermann , Celia Howard O'Leary , Southeastern Legal Foundation, Roswell, GA, Chance Weldon, Austin, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Alisa Beth Klein, Esq. , Brian James Springer , Leslie Cooper Vigen , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Steven Andrew Myers , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division Federal Programs Branch, for Defendants-Appellants.
Brianne Jenna Gorod , Constitutional Accountability Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Constitutional Accountability Center.
Alan E. Schoenfeld , WilmerHale, New York, NY, Eric L. Hawkins , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Boston, MA, Aleksandr Sverdlik , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Robert Alt , Buckeye Institute, Columbus, OH, Jay R. Carson , Wegman Hessler, L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for Amicus Curiae The Buckeye Institute.
Martin Jonathan Siegel , Law Offices of Martin J. Siegel, P.C., Houston, TX, for Amici Curiae Matthew Desmond, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Connect Community, Come Dream Come Build.
Eliot Fielding Turner , Norton Rose Fulbright US, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Brian Klosterboer , Savannah Kumar , American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, Sandra Park , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Women's Rights Project, New York, NY, Adriana Cecilia Pinon , American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Houston, TX, Kevin St. George , Houston, TX, Vanisha Weatherspoon , Austin, TX, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, Barry Friedman, Leah Litman.
Michael Philip Aigen , Stinson, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Harvey L. Reiter , Stinson, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Texas Appleseed.
Eric Gregory Dunn , National Housing Law Project, Richmond, VA, for Amicus Curiae National Housing Law Project.
Chad Michael Ruback , Ruback Law Firm, Dallas, TX, for Amici Curiae American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University School of Law, ChangeLab Solutions, Children's Healthwatch, George Consortium, GLMA Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Medical Association, Public Health Law Watch, Southern Poverty Law Center, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, Emily A. Benfer, Kim M. Blankenship, Katherine L. Chen, Gregg Gonsalves, Peter Hepburn, Danya E. Keene, Kathryn M. Leifheit, Michael Z. Levy, Sabriya A. Linton, Craig E. Pollack, Julia Raifman, Gabriel L. Schwartz, David Vlahov.
Anthony T. Caso , Constitutional Counsel Group, Anaheim, CA, for Amicus Curiae Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.
Ilya Shapiro, Esq. , Cato Institute, Washington, DC, for Amid Curiae Cato Institute, Randy E. Barnett, Reason Foundation, Individual Rights Foundation, Independence Institutute.
Judd Edward Stone, II , Lanora Christine Pettit , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae State of Texas.
Charles R. Watson, Jr. , Nicole Leonard Cordoba , Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Texas Apartment Association.
Megan Heuberger Berge, Esq. , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC, David Brendan Goode , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae, National Association of Home Builders.
Before Jones, Smith, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.