VAN LOON v. DEPT. OF TREASURY

1:23-CV-312-RP.

688 F.Supp.3d 454 (2023)

Joseph VAN LOON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Texas, Austin Division.

Signed August 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian M. Lipshutz, Jennifer K. Corcoran, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Matteo Godi, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC, Charles L. Ainsworth, Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C., Tyler, TX, for Plaintiffs Joseph Van Loon, Alexander Fisher, Preston Van Loon, Kevin Vitale, Nate Welch.

Brian M. Lipshutz, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Matteo Godi, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, DC, Charles L. Ainsworth, Parker, Bunt & Ainsworth, P.C., Tyler, TX, for Plaintiff Tyler Almeida.

Christopher R. Healy, Stephen J. Elliott, Christine L. Coogle, U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, Washington, DC, Liane Ngin Noble-AUSA, U.S. Attorney's Office, Austin, TX, for Defendants.

Alexis Zhang, Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Washington, DC, James M. Burnham, Pro Hac Vice, King Street Legal, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Eric Tung, Pro Hac Vice, Jones Day, Los Angeles, CA, Jonathan David Guynn, Jones Day, Dallas, TX, for Amici Blockchain Association, Defi Education Fund.

Alexis Swartz, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Austin, TX, Katherine Yarger, Pro Hac Vice, Lehotsky Keller LLP, Denver, CO, Rodrigo Seira, Paradigm Operations LP, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Paradigm Operations LP.

Alessio Evangelista, Pro Hac Vice, Jessie K. Liu, Pro Hac Vice, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel S. Mayerfeld, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus Andreessen Horowitz.

Cindy Cohn, Pro Hac Vice, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Peter B. Steffensen, Smu Dedman School of Law, Dallas, TX, Thomas S. Leatherbury, Thomas S. Leatherbury Law, PLLC, Dallas, TX, for Amicus Electronic Frontier Foundation.

John B. Kinchen, Hughes Arrell Kinchen LLP, Houston, TX, for Amicus The Bank Policy Institute as Amicus Curiae.


ORDER

Before the Court are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by Plaintiffs Joseph Van Loon, Tyler Almeida, Alexander Fisher, Preston Van Loon, Kevin Vitale, and Nate Welch (together, "Plaintiffs"), (Dkt. 41), and Defendants Department of Treasury (the "Department...

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