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DEPT. OF HOMELAND SEC. v. THURAISSIGIAM

No. 19-161.

140 S.Ct. 1959 (2020)

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, et al., Petitioners v. Vijayakumar THURAISSIGIAM.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Edwin S. Kneedler for the petitioners.

Lee Gelernt , New York, NY, for the respondent.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Morgan L. Ratner , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Erez Reuveni , Joshua S. Press , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the Petitioners.

Cody Wofsy , Stephen B. Kang , Adrienne Harrold , Morgan Russell , Cecilia D. Wang , American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Lucas Guttentag , Stanford, CA, David Loy , Sarah Thompson , ACLU Foundation of San, Diego & Imperial Counties, San Diego, CA, Lee Gelernt , Omar C. Jadwat , Jonathan Hafetz , Anand V. Balakrishnan , Celso J. Perez , American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, New York, NY, David D. Cole , American Civil Liberties, Union Foundation, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

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