Publication Date: 2017-07-14
Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Litigation
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Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Judge: Before: Katzmann, Ch.J., Pooler, and Lynch, C.JJ.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Robert L. Capers, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York: Jenny C. Ellickson, Kenneth A. Blanco and Sung-Hee Suh, Deputy Assistant Attorneys General; M. Kendall Day, Chief, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section; Laura Billings, Trial Attorney, Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, on the brief, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, for Leslie R. Caldwell, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC; Julia Nestor and Alexander A. Solomon on the brief, Assistant United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellants: Paul D. Clement Viet D. Dinh, Jeffrey M. Harris, Megan M. Wold, Christopher G. Michel, on the brief, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel W. Seymour and Alexander J. Willscher on the brief, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; Jeffrey B. Wall on the brief, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC. For Appellee: Thomas B. Sullivan, Maxwell S. Mishkin, on the brief, David A. Schulz, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Brandon L. Garrett, in support of Appellee: Kevin W. Goering, Norwick, Schad & Goering, New York, NY. For Amicus Curiae Better Markets, Inc., in support of Appellee: Dennis M. Kelleher, Better Markets, Inc., Washington, DC. For Amici Curiae The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, The Center for Investigative Reporting, CNBC, Daily News, L.P., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., The E.W. Scripps Company, First Look Media Works, Inc., Forbes Media LLC, The Foundation for National Progress, Gannett Co., Inc., Hearst Corporation, International Documentary Assn., Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, Digital First Media, MPA — The Association of Magazine Media, National Newspaper Association, National Press Photographers Association, The New York Times Company, The Newspaper Guild Communications Workers of America, Online News Association, Reporters Without Borders, Seattle Times Company, Tully Center for Free Speech, and National Public Radio, Inc., in support of Appellee: Gregg P. Leslie, D. Victoria Baranetsky, on the brief, Bruce D. Brown, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, DC.
Case Number: 16-308(L)
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