PENA-RODRIGUEZ v. COLORADO

No. 15-606.

137 S.Ct. 855 (2017)

580 U.S. 206

Miguel Angel PENA-RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner v. COLORADO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Fisher , Stanford, CA, the Petitioner.

Frederick R. Yarger , Denver, CO, for Respondent.

Rachel P. Kovner for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Jonathan D. Rosen , Denver, CO, Jeffrey L. Fisher , Pamela S. Karlan , Brian Wolfman, Stanford Law School, Supreme Court, Stanford, CA, for Petitioner.

Cynthia H. Coffman , Colorado Attorney General, Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General, L. Andrew Cooper , Deputy Attorney General, Glenn P. Roper , Deputy Solicitor General, Katharine J. Gillespie , Stephanie Lindquist Scoville , Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Majid Yazdi , Molly E. McNab , Assistant Attorneys General, Office of the Colorado, Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Respondent.


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