DEPT. OF COMMERCE v. NEW YORK

No. 18-966.

139 S.Ct. 2551 (2019)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al., Petitioners v. NEW YORK, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Noel J. Francisco for the petitioners.

Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood for respondents New York, et al.

Dale E. Ho for respondents New York Immigration Coalition, et al.

Douglas N. Letter for the U.S. House of Representatives, as amicus curiae, in support of respondents.

Peter B. Davidson , General Counsel, David Dewhirst , Senior Counsel to the, General Counsel, Department of Commerce, Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey B. Wall , Deputy Solicitor General, Hashim M. Mooppan , Deputy Assistant Attorney, General, Sopan Joshi , Assistant to the Solicitor, General, Mark B. Stern , Gerard J. Sinzdak , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

Matthew Colangelo , Chief Counsel for Federal Initiatives, Elena Goldstein , Acting Bureau Chief, Civil Rights Bureau, Letitia James , Attorney General, State of New York, Barbara D. Underwood , Counsel of Records, Solicitor General, Steven C. Wu , Deputy Solicitor General, Judith N. Vale , Senior Assistant, Solicitor General, Scott A. Eisman , Assistant Solicitor General, New York, NY, Phil Weiser , Attorney General, State of Colorado, Denver, CO, William Tong , Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, State of Delaware, Department of Justice, Wilmington, DE, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, District of Columbia, Washington, DC, Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, State of Illinois, Chicago, IL, Thomas J. Miller , Attorney General, State of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, Maura Healey , Attorney General, Commonwealth of, Massachusetts, Boston, MA, Keith Ellison , Attorney General, State of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, State of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, Hector H. Balderas , Attorney General, State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, State of North Carolina, Department of Justice, Raleigh, NC, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, State of Oregon, Salem, OR, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Commonwealth of, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, State of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General, State of Vermont, Montpelier, VT, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, State of Washington, Seattle, WA, Matthew Jerzyk , City Solicitor, City of Central Falls, Central Falls, RI, Edward N. Siskel , Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Zachary M. Klein , City Attorney, City of Columbus, Columbus, OH, Dennis J. Herrera , City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Rolando L. Rios , Special Counsel, Counties of Cameron and Hidalgo, San Antonio, TX, Jo Anne Bernal , County Attorney, County of El Paso, El Paso, TX, Charles J. McKee , County Counsel, County of Monterey, Salinas, CA, John Daniel Reaves , General Counsel, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, DC, Zachary W. Carter , Corporation Counsel, City of New York, New York, NY, Marcel S. Pratt , City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, Cris Meyer , City Attorney, City of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, Yvonne S. Hilton , City Solicitor, City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Jeffrey Dana , City Solicitor, City of Providence, Providence, RI, Peter S. Holmes , City Attorney, City of Seattle, Seattle, WA, for Government Respondents.


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