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O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined, in which Scalia, J., joined as to all but Part II-B, and in which Stevens and Ginsburg, JJ., joined as to Parts I, II-A-1, and II-B-1. Scalia, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, post, p. 362. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Stevens, J., joined, post, p. 364.
Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Frank J. Kelley, former Attorney General, and Leo H. Friedman and Mark W. Matus, Assistant Attorneys General.
Deborah LaBelle argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief was Jeffrey D. Dillman.*
*A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of Ohio et al. by Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, and Stuart W. Harris and Todd R. Marti, Assistant Attorneys General, by L. A. Prager, Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, Bruce M. Botelho of Alaska, Grant Woods of Arizona, Daniel E. Lungren of California, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Robert H. Kono of Guam, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, Jim Ryan of Illinois, Jeffrey A. Modisett of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Carla J. Stovall of Kansas, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Scott Harshbarger of Massachusetts, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, Mike Moore of Mississippi, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of Nebraska, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Peter Verniero of New Jersey, Dennis C. Vacco of New York, Michael F. Easley of North Carolina, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, Mark Barnett of South Dakota, John Knox Walkup of Tennessee, Jan Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Mark L. Earley of Virginia, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, and Darrell V. McGraw of West Virginia.
Elizabeth Alexander, Donna H. Lee, Eric Balaban, Steven R. Shapiro, and Kary L. Moss filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.
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