HERNANDEZ v. MESA

No. 15-118.

137 S.Ct. 2003 (2017)

582 U.S. 548

Jesus C. HERNANDEZ, et al., Petitioners v. Jesus MESA, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Hilliard , Hilliard Muñoz Gonzales, LLP, Corpus Christi, TX, Steve D. Shadowen , Hilliard & Shadowen, LLP, Mechanicsburg, PA, Cristobal M. Galindo , Cristobal M. Galindo, P.C., Houston, TX, Deepak Gupta , Jonathan E. Taylor , Brian Wolfman , Matthew W.H. Wessler , Neil K. Sawhney , Gupta Wessler PLLC, Washington, DC, Leah M. Litman, Irvine, CA, for Petitioners.

Randolph J. Ortega , Ortega McGlashan Hicks & Perez PLLC, El Paso, TX, Louis Elias Lopez, Jr. , El Paso, TX, for Respondent.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Acting Solicitor General, Irving L. Gornstein , Counselor to the Solicitor General, Brian H. Fletcher , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Mark B. Stern , Mary Hampton Mason , Henry C. Whitaker , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the United States.


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