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HORNE v. FLORES

Nos. 08-289, 08-294.

129 S.Ct. 2579 (2009)

557 U.S. 433

174 L.Ed.2d 406

Thomas C. HORNE, Superintendent, Arizona Public Instruction, Petitioner, v. Miriam FLORES et al. Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, et al., Petitioners, v. Miriam Flores et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Starr , Los Angeles, CA, for petitioners.

Sri Srinivasan , Washington, DC, for respondents.

Nicole A. Saharsky , for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting respondents.

Rick Richmond , Christopher C. Chiou , Steven A. Haskins , Kyle T. Cutts , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David J. Cantelme , D. Aaron Brown , Paul R. Neil , Cantelme & Brown, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, Kenneth W. Starr , Counsel of Record, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Ashley C. Parrish , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Eric J. Bistrow , Counsel of Record, Daryl Manhart , Michael S. Dulberg , Melissa G. Iyer , Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, for petitioner Superintendent.

Terry Goddard , Attorney General, Mary O'Grady , Solicitor General, Susan P. Segal , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Arizona Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, Robert H. McKirgan , Lawrence A. Kasten , David D. Garner , Kimberly Anne Demarchi , Counsel of Record, Lewis and Roca LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for respondents State of Arizona and Arizona State Board of Education.

Walter Dellinger , Harvard Supreme Court and Appellate Clinic, Cambridge, MA, Timothy M. Hogan , Joy E. Herr-Cardillo , Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Phoenix, AZ, Ski Srinivasan , Counsel of Record, Irving L. Gornstein , Ryan W. Scott , Justin Florence , admitted only in Massachusetts, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C., for respondents Miriam Flores and Rosa Rzeslawski.

These consolidated cases arise from litigation that began in Arizona in 1992 when a group of English Language-Learner (ELL) students in the Nogales Unified School District (Nogales) and their parents filed a class action, alleging that the State was violating the Equal Educational Opportunities Act...

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