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HEFFERNAN v. CITY OF PATERSON, N.J.
136 S.Ct. 1412 (2016)
194 L. Ed. 2d 508
Jeffrey J. HEFFERNAN, Petitioner v. CITY OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, et al.
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Argued January 19, 2016.
Decided April 26, 2016.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ginger D. Anders for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner.
Thomas C. Goldstein , Bethesda, MD, for respondents.
Stuart Banner , Eugene Volokh , UCLA School of Law, Supreme Court Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, Fred A. Rowley, Jr. , Grant A. Davis-Denny , Andrew G. Prout , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark B. Frost , Counsel of Record, Ryan M. Lockman , Mark B. Frost & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, for petitioner.
Edward A. Hartnett , Seton Hall University School of Law, Victor A. Afanador , Counsel of Record, Susana Cruz Hodge , Erik E. Sardifia , Lite DePalma Greenberg LLC, Newark, NJ, Albert C. Lisbona , Beth Connell O'Connor , Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, Gary Potters , Potters & Delia Peitra, Fairfield, NJ, Thomas P. Scrivo , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, Newark, NJ, Roosevelt Jean , Chasan, Leyner, & Lamparello, Secaucus, NJ, for respondents in Opposition.
Thomas C. Goldstein , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, Gary Potters , Potters & Delia Peitra, Fairfield, NJ, Roosevelt Jean , Chasan Leyner & Lamparello, Secaucus, NJ, Domenick Stampone , City of Paterson, Paterson, NJ, Victor A. Afanador , Erik E. Sardina , Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC, Edward A. Hartnett , Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ, Albert C. Lisbona , Beth Connell O'Connor , Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, Fairfield, NJ, Ryan P. Mulvaney , McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney &, Carpenter, LLP, Newark, NJ, for respondents.
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