No. 11-182 ================================================================ In The Supreme Court of the United States --------------------------------- ♦ --------------------------------- STATE OF ARIZONA and JANICE K. BREWER, Governor of the State of Arizona, in her official capacity, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent. --------------------------------- ♦ --------------------------------- On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit --------------------------------- ♦ --------------------------------- BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CITIES, COUNTIES, THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT Complete List of Amici Curiae Cities and Counties Listed on Inside Cover --------------------------------- ♦ --------------------------------- MIGUEL MÁRQUEZ, County Counsel LORI E. PEGG, Assistant County Counsel GRETA S. HANSEN, Lead Deputy County Counsel Counsel of Record JENNY S. YELIN, Deputy County Counsel OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA 70 W. Hedding Street, East Wing 9th Floor San Jose, California 95110 (408) 299-5902 [email protected] Counsel For Additional Amici Curiae Listed On Inside Cover ================================================================ COCKLE LAW BRIEF PRINTING CO. (800) 225-6964 OR CALL COLLECT (402) 342-2831 Complete List of Amici Curiae: The County of Santa Clara, California; The City of Austin, Texas; The City of Baltimore, Maryland; The City of Beaverton, Oregon; The City of Berkeley, California; The City of Boston, Massachusetts; The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut; The Town of Carrboro, North Carolina; The Town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina; The City of Charleston, South Carolina; The City of Cincinnati, Ohio; The City of Columbia, South Carolina; The County of Dallas, Texas; The District of Columbia; The City of Durham, North Carolina; The City of Flagstaff, Arizona; The City of Gainesville, Florida; The City of Hallandale Beach, Florida; The City of Laredo, Texas; The City of Los Angeles, California; The City of Madison, Wisconsin; The City of Miami Beach, Florida; The City of Minneapolis, Minnesota; The County of Monterey, California; The County of Multnomah, Oregon; The National League of Cities; The City of New Haven, Connecticut; The City of New York, New York; The City of Oakland, California; The City of Omaha, Nebraska; The City of Palo Alto, California; The Mayor of the City of Phoenix, Arizona; The City of Portland, Oregon; The City of Providence, Rhode Island; The City of Saint Paul, Minnesota; Salt Lake City, Utah; The City and County of San Francisco, California; The City of San Jose, California; The City of San Leandro, California; The City of San Luis, Arizona; The County of San Mateo, California; The City of Seattle, Washington; The City of Tualatin, Oregon; The City of Tucson, Arizona; and The United States Conference of Mayors. Additional Counsel for Amici KAREN KENNARD, City Attorney WILLIAM B. KIRBY, City Attorney MEITRA FARHADI, CITY OF BEAVERTON Assistant City Attorney 4755 SW Griffith Drive CITY OF AUSTIN Beaverton, Oregon 97076 P.O. Box 1088 (503) 526-2215 Austin, Texas 78767 ZACH COWAN, City Attorney (512) 974-2268 CITY OF BERKELEY GEORGE A. NILSON, City Solicitor 2180 Milvia Street, Fourth Floor WILLIAM R. PHELAN, Jr., Berkeley, California 94704 Chief Solicitor (510) 981-6998 ALTIMORE ITY EPARTMENT B C D WILLIAM F. S INNOTT, OF LAW Corporation Counsel Attorneys for Mayor and CITY OF BOSTON City Council of Baltimore Boston City Hall, Room 615 100 Holliday Street Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (617) 635-4034 (410) 396-4094 MARK T. ANASTASI, City Attorney CRAIG WATKINS, CITY OF BRIDGEPORT Criminal District Attorney Office of the City Attorney Counsel for Dallas County and Clay 999 Broad Street Lewis Jenkins, County Judge Bridgeport, Connecticut 06604 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS (203) 575-7647 411 Elm Street, 5th Floor Dallas, Texas 75202 MICHAEL B. BROUGH, (214) 653-6149 Town Attorney TOWN OF CARRBORO IRVIN B. NATHAN, Attorney General 1829 East Franklin Street, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Suite 800A 441 4th Street, NW Chapel Hill, North Carolina Washington, District of Columbia 27514 20001 (919) 929-3905 (202) 727-3400 RALPH D. KARPINOS, PATRICK W. B AKER, Town Attorney City Attorney TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL CITY OF DURHAM 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 101 City Hall Plaza Chapel Hill, North Carolina Durham, North Carolina 27701 27514 (919) 560-4158 (919) 968-2746 ROSEMARY H. ROSALES, CHARLTON DESAUSSURE, JR., City Attorney Corporation Counsel CITY OF FLAGSTAFF CITY OF CHARELSTON 211 West Aspen HAWNSWORTH SINKLER BOYD, P.A. Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 134 Meeting Street, Third Floor (928) 213-2025 Charleston, South Carolina 29401 (843) 720-4420 MARION JOSEPH RADSON, City Attorney JOHN P. C URP, City Solicitor CITY OF GAINESVILLE CITY OF CINCINNATI P.O. Box 490, Station 46 City Hall, Room 214 Gainesville, Florida 32627 801 Plum Street (352) 334-5011 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (513) 352-3334 V. L YNN WHITFIELD, City Attorney ANDRE MCKENNEY, KENNETH E. GAINES, Assistant City Attorney City Attorney CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH DANA M. THYE, 400 South Federal Highway Senior Assistant City Attorney Hallandale Beach, Florida 33009 THE CITY OF COLUMBIA (954) 457-1325 P.O. Box 667 Columbia, South Carolina 29202 (808) 737-4242 RAUL CASSO, City Attorney JENNY M. MORF, CITY OF LAREDO County Attorney 1110 Houston Street MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON Laredo, Texas 78042 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., (956) 791-7320 Suite 500 Portland, Oregon 97214 CARMEN A. TRUTANICH, City Attorney (503) 988-3138 WILLIAM W. C ARTER, LARS ETZKORN, ESQ. Chief Deputy City Attorney NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES GERALD MASAHIRO SATO, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Deputy City Attorney Suite 550 CITY OF LOS ANGELES Washington, DC 20004 200 N. Main Street (202) 626-3173 916 City Hall East Los Angeles, California 90012 VICTOR A. BOLDEN, (213) 473-6875 Corporation Counsel OFFICE OF THE MICHAEL P. M AY, City Attorney CORPORATION COUNSEL CITY OF MADISON CITY OF NEW HAVEN 210 Martin Luther King Jr. 165 Church Street, 4th Floor Blvd., Rm. 401 New Haven, Connecticut 06510 Madison, Wisconsin 53703 (203) 946-7950 (608) 266-4511 MICHAEL A. CARDOZO, JOSE SMITH, City Attorney Corporation Counsel of CITY OF MIAMI BEACH the City of New York 1700 Convention Center Drive LEONARD J. KOERNER, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 of Counsel (305) 673-7470 THE CITY OF NEW YORK SUSAN L. SEGAL, City Attorney 100 Church Street PETER W. G INDER, New York, New York 10007 Deputy City Attorney (212) 788-1010 CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS BARBARA J. PARKER, 350 South 5th Street, Rm. 210 City Attorney Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 DORYANNA MORENO, (612) 673-3272 Assistant City Attorney CHARLES J. MCKEE, CITY OF OAKLAND County Counsel One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, WILLIAM LITT, Deputy Sixth Floor County Counsel Oakland, California 94612 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL (510) 238-3601 COUNTY OF MONTEREY 168 West Alisal Street, 3rd Floor Salinas, California 93901 (831) 755-5045 PAUL D. KATZ, City Attorney EDWIN P. R UTAN II, City Attorney CITY OF OMAHA MARTHA S. STONEBROOK 1819 Farnam Street, Suite 804 Senior City Attorney Omaha, Nebraska 68183 SALT LAKE CITY (402) 444-5115 P.O. Box 145478 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 MOLLY S. STUMP, City Attorney (801) 535-7788 CITY OF PALO ALTO P.O. Box 10250 DENNIS J. HERRERA, 250 Hamilton Avenue, 8th Floor City Attorney Palo Alto, California 94303 WAYNE SNODGRASS, (650) 329-2171 Deputy City Attorney CITY AND COUNTY OF GREG STANTON, ESQ. SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PHOENIX City Hall, Room 234 200 W. Washington Street, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place 11th Floor San Francisco, California 94102 Phoenix, Arizona 85003 (415) 554-4700 (602) 262-7111 RICHARD DOYLE, City Attorney JAMES H. VAN DYKE, NORA FRIMANN, City Attorney Assistant City Attorney HARRY AUERBACH, Chief CITY OF SAN JOSE Deputy City Attorney 200 East Santa Clara Street CITY OF PORTLAND San Jose, California 95113 430 City Hall (408) 535-1900 1221 SW Fourth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 JAYNE W. W ILLIAMS, (503) 823-4047 City Attorney CITY OF SAN LEANDRO JEFFREY M. PADWA, City Solicitor Meyers Nave CITY OF PROVIDENCE 555 12th Street, 15th Floor 444 Westminster Street, Oakland, California 94612 Suite 220 (510) 808-2000 Providence, Rhode Island 02903 (401) 680-5333 GLENN J. GIMBUT, City Attorney THE CITY OF SAN LUIS SARA GREWING, City Attorney P.O. B ox 1170 GERALD T. H ENDRICKSON, San Luis, Arizona 85349 Deputy City Attorney (928) 341-8520 CITY OF SAINT PAUL 400 City Hall 15 West Kellogg Boulevard Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 (651) 266-8710 JOHN C. BEIERS, County Counsel JOHN D. NIBBELIN, Chief Deputy County Counsel COUNTY OF SAN MATEO 400 County Center Hall of Justice and Records 400 County Center, 6th Floor Redwood City, California 94063 (650) 363-4250 PETER S. HOLMES, Seattle City Attorney JEAN M. BOLER, Assistant City Attorney JOHN B. SCHOCHET, Assistant City Attorney THE CITY OF SEATTLE 600 4th Avenue, 4th Floor P.O. Box 94769 Seattle, Washington 98124 (206) 684-8207 BRENDA L. BRADEN, City Attorney CITY OF TUALATIN 18880 SW Martinazzi Tualatin, Oregon 97062 (503) 691-3015 MICHAEL G. RANKIN, City Attorney MICHAEL W.L. M CCRORY, Principal Assistant City Attorney CITY OF TUCSON P.O. Box 27210 Tucson, Arizona 85726 (520) 791-4221 JOHN DANIEL REAVES, General Counsel U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 776-2305 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE ................. 1 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT