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DADA v. MUKASEY

No. 06-1181.

128 S.Ct. 2307 (2008)

554 U.S. 1

171 L.Ed.2d 178

Samson Taiwo DADA, Petitioner, v. Michael B. MUKASEY, Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott D. Makar, for petitioner.

Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Seth P. Waxman, Rachel Z. Stutz, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Raed Gonzalez, Quan, Burdette & Perez, P.C., Houston, TX, Christopher J. Meade, Counsel of Record, Anne K. Small, Eloise Pasachoff, Jodie Morse, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY, Megan Barbero, Sydenham B. Alexander III, Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for petitioner.

Paul D. Clement, Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler, Deputy Solicitor General, Thomas H. Dupree, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Toby J. Heytens, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Donald E. Keener, Quynh Bain, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

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