DISABILITY RIGHTS SOUTH CAROLINA v. McMASTER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Grayson Lambert , OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellants. John A. Freedman , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Alan Wilson , Attorney General, Robert D. Cook , Solicitor General, J. Emory Smith, Jr. , Deputy Solicitor General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant Attorney General Wilson. Thomas A. Limehouse, Jr. , Chief Legal Counsel, Michael G. Shedd , Deputy Legal Counsel, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant Governor McMaster. David Allen Chaney Jr. , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Charleston, South Carolina; Adam Protheroe , SOUTH CAROLINA APPLESEED LEGAL JUSTICE CENTER, Columbia, South Carolina; B. Randall Dong , Anna Maria Conner , Amanda C. Hess , DISABILITY RIGHTS SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina; Rita Bolt Barker , WYCHE, P.A., Greenville, South Carolina; Elisabeth S. Theodore , Anthony J. Franze , Tara Williamson , ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP, Washington, D.C.; Louise Melling , Jennesa Calvo Friedman , New York, New York, Susan Mizner , AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, San Francisco, California, for Appellees. Jeffrey B. Dubner , Jessica Anne Morton , Samara M. Spence , Sean A. Lev , DEMOCRACY FORWARD FOUNDATION, Washington, D.C., for Amici South Carolina Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Pediatrics. Kristen Clarke , Assistant Attorney General, Bonnie I. Robin-Vergeer , Alisa C. Philo , Sydney A.R. Foster , Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth M. Brown , General Counsel, Francisco Lopez , Mary Rohmiller , Office of the General Counsel, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C.; M. Rhett DeHart , Acting United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Amicus United States.

Vacated in part, remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer joined. Judge Wynn wrote a dissenting opinion.