• November 19, 2012 | National Law Journal

    Firms face different real estate realities

    Slow job growth coupled with high vacancy rates have created a renter's market for small and midsize Washington law firms. Yet larger law offices that will soon be looking for new digs will h

    1 minute read

  • March 8, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: At Winston, Revenue Flattens as Attorney Ranks Thin

    While trimming its overall head count nearly 10 percent in 2012, Winston & Strawn saw its gross revenue rise 0.1 percent, to $755 million, its profits per partner increase 3.5 percent, to $1.49

    1 minute read

  • April 1, 2013 | National Law Journal

    Crude awakening

    After a five-year battle, TransCanada Corp. may be close to winning approval for its $5.3 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which will transport crude oil from the oil sands of Alberta to Stee

    1 minute read

  • October 11, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

    Pepper Loses Partner to Firm With N.Y. Office

    When Pepper Hamilton broke off merger talks with Washington, D.C.'s Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn this past spring, the firm for all intents and purposes lost real estate finance partne

    1 minute read

  • September 6, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

    New Deals from In-House Texas

    CONCHO RESOURCES INC. TO ACQUIRE MARBOB ENERGY CORP. Vinson & Elkins is assisting C. William Giraud, vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary of Midland-based Concho Res

    1 minute read

  • September 17, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Three months after Weil, Gotshal & Manges announced that it was thinning its associate ranks and scaling back its complex litigation practice, six of its litigation partners and two priv

    1 minute read

  • March 4, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Departure of London Tax Group Doesn't Faze Dorsey's Leadership

    UPDATE: 3/5/13, 7:00 p.m. EDT. Barnes & Thornburg has hire

    1 minute read

  • April 25, 2006 | The Recorder

    Attorneys See Transgender Employment Discrimination Suits Increase Nationally

    In what appears to be part of a new wave of employment discrimination suits involving transgenders, San Francisco attorney Waukeen McCoy is suing an international engineering firm on behalf of a 44

    1 minute read

  • January 9, 2006 | Texas Lawyer

    Newsmakers

    NEW POSITIONS . . . Cox Smith Matthews has hired 17 new associates in its San Antonio office: Jared G. Andersen and Christopher Briggs, tax; Casey A. Burns, estate planning, probate an

    1 minute read

  • Hedges v. Obama, 12-3176

    Publication Date: 2013-07-18
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Kearse and Lohier, CJJ, and Kaplan, DJ.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiffs-Appellees: Carl J. Mayer, Mayer Law Group LLC, New York, NY, Bruce I. Afran, Esq., Princeton, NJ.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants-Appellants: Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; Beth S. Brinkmann, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; August E. Flentje, Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Jeh Charles Johnson, General Counsel, Department of Defense, Washington, DC; Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY; Benjamin H. Torrance, Christopher B. Harwood, Assistant United States Attorneys, New York, NY, on the brief, Robert M. Loeb, Appellate Staff Civil Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte: Lee A. Casey, Andrew M. Grossman, on the brief David B. Rivkin, Jr. BakerHostetler LLP, Washington, DC. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Bill of Rights Defense Committee: Kent A. Yalowitz, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY; L. Charles Landgraf, Arpan A. Sura, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC. Attorney for Amici Curiae Center for National Security Studies and The Constitution Project: Matthew J. MacLean, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, DC. Attorney for Amicus Curiae Government Accountability Project: Reem Salahi, Hadsell Stormer Richardson & Renick, LLP, Pasadena, CA. Attorneys for Amici Curiae Karen and Ken Korematsu, et al.: Eric K. Yamamoto, University of Hawaii School of Law, Honolulu, HI; Lorraine K. Bannai, Anjana Malhotra, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA. Attorneys for Amicus Curiae the Rutherford Institute: John W. Whitehead, Douglas R. McKusick, Lina M. Ragep, The Rutherford Institute, Charlottesville, VA; Anand Agneshwar, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY. Attorneys for Amici Curiae U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman, et al.: William J. Olson, Herbert W. Titus, John S. Miles, Jeremiah L. Morgan, Robert J. Olson, William J. Olson, P.C., Vienna, VA; Steven J. Harfenist, Friedman Harfenist Kraut & Perlstein LLP, Lake Success, NY; Gary G. Kreep, U.S. Justice Foundation, Ramona, CA.

    Case Number: 12-3176 (Lead)

    Cite as: Hedges v. Obama, 12-3176 (Lead), NYLJ 1202611414668, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided July 17, 2013) 12-3176 (Lead) Before: Kearse and Lohier, CJJ