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Opinion of the Court
Daniel R. Hamilton argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Susan P. Jensen.
Deputy Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States as intervenor. On the briefs were Solicitor General Olson, Assistant Attorney General McCallum, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Malcolm L. Stewart, Paul R. Q. Wolfson, Mark B. Stern, Alisa B. Klein, Kirk K. Van Tine, Paul M. Geier, Dale C. Andrews, Laura C. Fentonmiller, and Edward V. A. Kussy.
Salvador A. Mungia argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Darrell L. Cochran and J. Bradley Buckhalter.*
Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
We address in this case whether 23 U. S. C. § 409, which protects information "compiled or collected" in connection
*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Louisiana by Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, John C. Young and James R. Dawson, Assistant Attorneys General, and Lawrence A. Durant; for the State of Washington et al. by Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington, and William Berggren Collins and Michael E. Tardif, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective jurisdictions as follows: Bruce M. Botelho of Alaska, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Earl I. Anzai of Hawaii, James E. Ryan of Illinois, Steve Carter of Indiana, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Robert Tenorio Torres of the Northern Mariana Islands, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsylvania, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, and William H. Sorrell of Vermont; for the Association of American Railroads by Carter G. Phillips, Stephen B. Kinnaird, and Daniel Saphire; and for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Kenneth S. Geller and John J. Sullivan.
A brief of amicus curiae urging affirmance was filed for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America by Jeffrey Robert White.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Foundation by Debra L. Stephens and Bryan P. Harnetiaux; for Lynn A. Baker et al. by Ms. Baker, pro se; and for Robert Whitmer et al. by Charles K. Wiggins, Kenneth W. Masters, and Keith L. Kessler.
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