DeWOLFE v. RICHMOND

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, and William F. Brockman , Deputy Solicitor General, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

A. Stephen Hut, Jr. ( Aron B. Goetzl , and Ashley Bashur of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Michael Schatzow (Mitchell Y. Mirviss of Venable LLP, Baltimore, MD; Douglas L. Colbert of Maryland School of Law Access to Justice Clinic, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Jessica Weber , Thomas Davies , Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellow, Baltimore, MD, brief of Public Justice Center, International Cure, Alternative Directions, Inc., and Justice Policy Institute as Amici Curiae for Appellants.

Daniel P. Westman , Morrison & Foerster LLP, McLean, VA, brief of Society of American Law Teachers as Amici Curiae for Appellees.

Howard Schiffman , Andrew P.C. Wright , Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel L. Greenberg , Ronald B. Risdon , Brian C. Tong , Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY, brief of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Amicus Curiae, in Support of Appellees and Affirmance of the Order of the Circuit Court.

Christina M. Gattuso , Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, Gia L. Cincone , Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, San Francisco, CA, brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association in Support of Appellees.

A.J. Bellido De Luna , Michael Pinard , Baltimore, MD, brief of Amici Curiae Faculty Members of the University of Baltimore School of Law and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Support of Appellees.

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., John Payton , Debo P. Adegbile , Christina Swarns , Johanna B. Steinberg , New York, NY, Joshua I. Civin , Washington DC, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Steven F. Barley , Andrea W. Trento , Lindsay S. Goldberg , Baltimore, MD, brief of Amicus Curiae NACCP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. in Support of Appellees.

Baruch Weiss , Dirk C. Phillips , Jeremy W. Hockberg , Rubina S. Madni , Daniel M. Friedman , Ingrid A. Epperly , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, William T. Robinson III , American Bar Association, brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE, (Retired, specially assigned), JJ.