Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Charles R. Quigg , WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD, LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant Richard Snyder. Juan A. Mateo , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Darnell Earley. Sarissa K. Montague , LEVINE & LEVINE, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellant Richard Baird. Alexander S. Rusek , RUSEK LAW PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant Howard D. Croft. William W. Swor , WILLIAM W. SWOR, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Gerald Ambrose. Minh Nguyen-Dang , MAYER BROWN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Veolia Appellees. S. Vance Wittie , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, LLP, Dallas, Texas, for Appellees Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc. and Leo A. Daly Company. ON BRIEF: Charles R. Quigg , Brian P. Lennon , Gaëtan E. Gerville-Réache , WARNER NORCROSS + JUDD, LLP, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellant Richard Snyder. Juan A. Mateo , Gerald K. Evelyn , T. Santino Mateo , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Darnell Earley. Sarissa K. Montague , Anastase Markou , LEVINE & LEVINE, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for Appellant Richard Baird. Alexander S. Rusek , RUSEK LAW PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellant Howard D. Croft. William W. Swor , Michael A. Rataj , WILLIAM W. SWOR, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant Gerald Ambrose. Minh Nguyen-Dang , Michael E. Lackey, Jr. , MAYER BROWN LLP, Washington, D.C., Timothy S. Bishop , MAYER BROWN LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Veolia Appellees. S. Vance Wittie , FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH, LLP, Dallas, Texas, Philip A. Erickson , PLUNKETT COONEY, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellees Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc. and Leo A. Daly Company. Corey Stern , LEVY KONIGSBERG LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiff Appellees. Stephanie Franxman Kessler , PINALES, STACHLER, YOUNG & BURRELL, CO., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, William J. Murphy , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, Bryan M. Reines , ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.
GRIFFIN, J., announced the judgment of the court and delivered the opinion of the court with respect to the Introduction and Parts II, III.G., and IV, and delivered an opinion with respect to Parts I, III, III.A, B, C, D, E, and F. THAPAR, J. (pp. 211-21), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and in the judgment. MOORE, J. (pp. 221-35), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.
One of the fundamental liberties enshrined in the Fifth Amendment to our Constitution is the right not to be compelled to bear witness against oneself. The inquisitorial abuses of the Star Chambers eventually led to the inclusion of this right in our Bill of Rights.1 This bedrock...
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