NAT. ASS'N OF MFRS. v. DEPT. OF DEFENSE

No. 16-299.

138 S.Ct. 617 (2018)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy S. Bishop , Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Eric E. Murphy , Columbus, OH, for Respondents Ohio, et al. in support of Petitioner.

Rachel P. Kovner , for Respondents.

Steven J. Lechner , Mountain States Legal Foundation, Lakewood, CO, for Respondent American Exploration & Mining Association.

M. Reed Hopper , Anthony L. Frangois , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Respondents Washington Cattlemen's Association, et al.

Kimberly S. Hermann , Southeastern Legal Foundation, Marietta, GA, for Respondents Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc., et al.

Jennifer C. Chavez , Earthjustice, Washington, DC, for Respondents Sierra Club and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance.

Allison M. LaPlante , James N. Saul , Earthrise Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, for Respondents Waterkeeper Alliance, et al.

Kristy A.N. Bulleit , Andrew J. Turner , Karma B. Brown , Kerry L. McGrath , Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, DC, for Respondent Utility Water Act Group.

Catherine Marlantes Rahm , Jennifer A. Sorenson , Jon P. Devine, Jr. , Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY, Eric F. Citron , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, for Respondents.

Peter T. Reed , Deputy Solicitor, Columbus, OH, for Respondent State of Ohio.

Michael DeWine , Attorney General of Ohio, Eric E. Murphy , State Solicitor, Steven T. Marshall , Attorney General, State of Alabama, Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, State of Alaska, Mark Brnovich , Attorney General, State of Arizona, Leslie Rutledge , Attorney General, State of Arkansas, Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, State of Colorado, Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, State of Florida, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, State of Georgia, Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General, State of Idaho, Curtis T. Hill, Jr. , Attorney General, State of Indiana, Derek Schmidt , Attorney General, State of Kansas, Andy Beshear , Attorney General, State of Kentucky, Jeff Landry , Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Bill Schuette , Attorney General, State of Michigan, Jim Hood , Attorney General, State of Mississippi, Joshua D. Hawley , Attorney General, State of Missouri, Tim Fox , Attorney General, State of Montana, Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General, State of Nebraska, Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General, State of Nevada, Lara Katz , Assistant General Counsel, New Mexico Environment Department Gregory C. Ridgley , General Counsel, Matthias Sayer , Special Counsel, New Mexico State Engineer, Wayne Stenehjem , Attorney General, State of North Dakota, Mike Hunter , Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Alan Wilson , Attorney General, State of South Carolina, Marty J. Jackley , Attorney General, State of South Dakota, Herbert H. Slatery III , Attorney General and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Ken Paxton , Attorney General, State of Texas, Sean D. Reyes , Attorney General, State of Utah, Patrick Morrisey , Attorney General, State of West Virginia, Brad D. Schimel , Attorney General, State of Wisconsin, Peter K. Michael , Attorney General, State of Wyoming, for Respondents.

Michael B. Kimberly , Mayer Brown LLP, Linda E. Kelly , Quentin Riegel , Leland P. Frost , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, DC, Timothy S. Bishop , Chad M. Clamage , Jed Glickstein , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, IL, for Petitioner.

Kevin S. Minoli , Acting General Counsel, Karyn I. Wendelowski , Attorney, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Earl G. Matthews , Acting General Counsel, Craig R. Schmauder , Deputy General Counsel, Department of the Army, David Cooper , Chief Counsel, Daniel Inkelas , United States Army Corps of Engineers, Jeffrey B. Wall , Acting Solicitor General, Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Malcolm L. Stewart , Deputy Solicitor General, Rachel P. Kovner , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Daniel R. Dertke , Amy J. Dona , Andrew J. Doyle , J. David Gunter II , Robert J. Lundman , Martha C. Mann , Jessica O'Donnell , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondents.


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