DEWOLFE v. RICHMOND

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia Doyle Bernhardt , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Attorney General of Maryland, and William F. Brockman , Deputy Solicitor General, Baltimore, MD), on brief, A. Stephen Hut, Jr. ( Aaron B. Goetzl and Ashley Bashur of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.), on brief, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

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

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

Daniel P. Westman, Esq. , Morrison Foerster LLP, McLean, VA, for Amicus Curiae brief of Society of American Law Teachers for Appellees.

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

Christina M. Gattuso, Esq. , Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, Washington, D.C., Gia L. Cincone, Esq. , Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Amici Curiae brief of 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, Esq. , Michael Pinard, Esq. , University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, Baltimore, MD, for Amici Curiae brief of 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.

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

Baruch Weiss, Esq. , Dirk C. Phillips, Esq. , Jeremy W. Hockberg, Esq. , Rubina S. Madni, Esq. , Daniel M. Friedman, Esq. , Ingrid A. Epperly, Esq. , Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., William T. Robinson III, Esq. , American Bar Association, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae brief of The American Bar Association in Support of Appellees.

Argued before BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, AD KINS, BELL, and JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.