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WILLIAMS v. TAYLOR

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concurring in the judgment, in which Kennedy, J., joined, post, p. 399.
Rehnquist, C. J., ﬁled an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in
part, in which Scalia and Thomas, JJ., joined, post, p. 416.

John J. Gibbons argued the cause for petitioner. With
him on the briefs were Brian A. Powers, by appointment of
the Court, 526 U. S. 1110, and Ellen O. Boardman.

Robert Q. Harris, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia,
argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was
Mark L. Earley, Attorney General.*

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the American Bar
Association by Philip S. Anderson, Abe Krash, Kathleen A. Behan, and
John A. Freedman; for the American Civil Liberties Union by Larry W.
Yackle and Steven R. Shapiro; for the National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers by John D. Cline and Lisa B. Kemler; for the Virginia
College of Criminal Defense Attorneys et al. by Gerald T. Zerkin; for
Professors Lance G. Banning et al. by Barry Levenstam and Jeffrey T.
Shaw; and for Marvin E. Frankel et al. by Abner J. Mikva.

Briefs of amici curiae urging afﬁrmance were ﬁled for the State of
California et al. by Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, David
Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Senior As-
sistant Attorney General, and Donald E. De Nicola and Ward A. Camp-
bell, Deputy Attorneys General, joined by the Attorneys General for their
respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, Bruce M. Botelho of
Alaska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Ken Salazar of Colorado, John M. Bai-
ley of Connecticut, M. Jane Brady of Delaware, Robert A. Butterworth of
Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, James E.
Ryan of Illinois, Carla Stovall of Kansas, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana,
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Thomas F. Reilly of Massachusetts,
Michael C. Moore of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri,
Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of Nebraska, Frankie Sue
Del Papa of Nevada, John J. Farmer, Jr., of New Jersey, Patricia A.
Madrid of New Mexico, Michael E. Easley of North Carolina, Heidi
Heitkamp of North Dakota, Betty D. Montgomery of Ohio, W. A. Drew
Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, D. Michael Fisher of
Pennsylvania, Charles M. Condon of South Carolina, Mark Barnett of
South Dakota, Paul G. Summers of Tennessee, John Cornyn of Texas,
Jan Graham of Utah, Christine O. Gregoire of Washington, and Darrell
McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; and for the Criminal Justice Legal Founda-
tion by Kent S. Scheidegger.