United States v. Texas — 579 U.S. 547 (2016)

Per Curiam

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UNITED STATES et al. v. TEXAS et al.

certiorari to the united states court of appeals for

the fth circuit No. 15–674. Argued April 18, 2016—Decided June 23, 2016

809 F. 3d 134, affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Solicitor General Verrilli argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mizer, Deputy Solicitors General Gershengorn and Kneedler, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brinkmann, Zachary D. Tripp, Douglas N. Letter, Scott R. McIntosh, and Jeffrey Clair.

Thomas A. Saenz argued the cause for intervenor-respondents. With him on the briefs were Nina Perales and Linda J. Smith.

Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Ken Paxton, Attorney General, Jeffrey C. Mateer, First Assistant Attorney General, J. Campbell Barker, Deputy Solicitor General, and Ari Cuenin and Alex Potapov, Assistant Solicitors General.

Erin Murphy argued the cause for the United States House of Representatives as amicus curiae urging affirm-ance. With her on the brief were Kerry W. Kircher, William Pittard, Eleni M. Roumel, and Isaac Rosenberg.*

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Washington et al. by Robert W. Ferguson, Attorney General of Washington, Noah Guzzo Purcell, Solicitor General, and Anne E. Egeler, Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Kamala D. Harris of California, George Jepsen of Con-necticut, Matthew P . Denn of Delaware, Karl A. Racine of the District of Columbia, Douglas S. Chin of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Janet T. Mills of Maine, Brian E. Frosh of Maryland, Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Hector H. Balderas of New Mexico, Eric T. Schneiderman of New York, Ellen F. Rosenblum of Oregon, Peter F. Kilmartin of Rhode Island, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, and Mark

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Per Curiam.

The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

R. Herring of Virginia; for Administrative Law Scholars by Derek T. Ho; for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations by Lynn K. Rhinehart, Harold C. Becker, and Matthew J. Gins-burg; for the American Immigration Council et al. by Jonathan Weiss-glass, Stacey M. Leyton, Judith A. Scott, Deborah L. Smith, Melissa Crow, Marielena Hincapié, Linton Joaquin, Karen C. Tumlin, Penda D. Hair, Wade J. Henderson, Lisa M. Bornstein, and Juan Cartagena; for Bipartisan Former Members of Congress by Elizabeth B. Wydra, Brianne J. Gorod, and Simon Lazarus; for California Business, Civic, Educational, and Religious Figures and Institutions by Bradley S. Phillips and Benjamin J. Horwich; for Educators and Children's Advocates by Matthew E. Price, Matthew S. Hellman, and Michael W. Ross; for Faith-based Organizations by Benjamin G. Shatz; for Former Commissioners of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service by Neal Kumar Katyal; for Former Federal Immigration and Homeland Security Officials by Michael J. Gottlieb and Martin S. Lederman; for Gonzalez Olivieri LLC et al. by Raed Gonzalez, Naimeh Salem, Bruce Godzina, Curtis White, Brian K. Bates, and Alexandre I. Afanassiev , all pro se; for the Major Cities Chiefs Association et al. by Mark W. Mosier, David M. Zionts, Matthew J. Piers, and Joshua Karsh; for the Mayor of New York et al. by Zachary W. Carter, Richard Dearing, Michael N. Feuer, James P . Clark, Wendy Shapero , and Thomas Bentley III; for Members of the Business Community by Boris Bershteyn, Clifford M. Sloan, David A. Wilson, and Kristin Linsley Myles; for National Justice for our Neighbors et al. by Charles Shane Ellison; for the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Inc., et al. by James W. Kim, Lisa A. Linsky , and Joshua D. Rogac-zewski; for Professional Economists et al. by Justin Florence, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, and Jonathan Ference-Burke; for United We Dream by Alan E. Untereiner; for Walter Dellinger by Joseph R. Palmore and Seth W. Lloyd; and for 186 Members of the House of Representatives et al. by Seth P . Waxman, Jamie S. Gorelick, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, David M. Lehn, and Kenneth L. Salazar.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Wyoming by Peter K. Michael, Attorney General of Wyoming, John G. Knepper, Chief Deputy Attorney General, David L. Delicath, Deputy Attorney General, James Michael Causey and Christyne M. Martens, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Philip Murphy Donoho , Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine A. Adams; for the American Center for Law & Justice et al. by Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, Jordan

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Sekulow, Craig L. Parshall, and Benjamin P . Sisney; for the Cato Institute et al. by Ilya Shapiro, Randal J. Meyer, and Josh Blackman; for the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence by John C. Eastman and Anthony T. Caso; for Citizens United et al. by William J. Olson, Herbert W. Titus, Jeremiah L. Morgan, John S. Miles, and Michael Boos; for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund by Lawrence J. Joseph; for Federal Courts Scholars et al. by Ernest A. Young and Kimberly S. Hermann; for Former Homeland Security, Justice, and State Department Officials by Peter Margulies; for Former U. S. Attorneys General by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Andrew M. Grossman; for the Foundation for Moral Law by John A. Eidsmoe; for Governor Greg Abbott of Texas et al. by Michael W. McConnell, James D. Blacklock, Andrew S. Oldham, and Arthur C. D'Andrea; for the Immigration Reform Law Institute et al. by Dale L. Wilcox and Michael M. Hethmon; for the Justice and Freedom Fund by James L. Hirsen and Deborah J. Dewart; for Legal Scholars et al. by Ashley C. Parrish, James P . Sullivan, C. Boyden Gray , and Carrie Severino; for Joseph M. Arpaio by Larry Klayman; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by Steven J. Lechner; for the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center by William S. Con-sovoy, J. Michael Connolly, and Karen R. Harned; for the National Sheriffs' Association et al. by Gene C. Schaerr, S. Kyle Duncan, and Greg Champagne; for North Carolina Lt. Governor Daniel J. Forest by David Stevenson Walker II; for Save Jobs USA et al. by John M. Miano; and for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell et al. by Steven A. Engel and Joshua D. N. Hess.

Cases cited

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