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1202 

RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

of  the  United  States  that  is  a  party  is  authorized  by  law  to 
appear before this Court on its own behalf, or when an ofﬁcer 
or employee of the United States is a party, the agency, ofﬁ­
cer,  or  employee  shall  be  served  in  addition  to  the  Solicitor 
General. 

(b)  In any proceeding in this Court in which the constitu­
tionality  of  an  Act  of  Congress  is  drawn  into  question,  and 
neither the United States nor any federal department, ofﬁce, 
agency,  ofﬁcer,  or  employee  is  a  party,  the  initial  document 
ﬁled  in  this  Court  shall  recite  that  28  U. S. C.  § 2403(a)  may 
apply  and  shall  be  served  on  the  Solicitor  General  of  the 
United States, Room 5614, Department of Justice, 950 Penn­
sylvania  Ave.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  DC  20530-0001.  In  such 
a  proceeding  from  any  court  of  the  United  States,  as  de­
ﬁned  by  28  U. S. C.  § 451,  the  initial  document  also  shall 
state  whether  that  court,  pursuant  to  28  U. S. C.  § 2403(a), 
certiﬁed  to  the  Attorney  General  the  fact  that  the  constitu­
tionality  of  an  Act  of  Congress  was  drawn  into  question. 
See Rule 14.1(e)(v). 

(c)  In  any  proceeding  in  this Court  in  which  the  constitu­
tionality of any statute of a State is drawn into question, and 
neither the State nor any agency, ofﬁcer, or employee thereof 
is a party, the initial document ﬁled in this Court shall recite 
that  28  U. S. C.  § 2403(b)  may  apply  and  shall  be  served  on 
the  Attorney  General  of  that  State.  In  such  a  proceeding 
from any court of the United States, as deﬁned by 28 U. S. C. 
§ 451,  the  initial  document  also  shall  state  whether  that 
court, pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2403(b), certiﬁed to the State 
Attorney  General  the  fact  that  the  constitutionality  of  a 
statute  of  that  State  was  drawn  into  question.  See  Rule 
14.1(e)(v). 

5.  Proof  of  service,  when  required  by  these  Rules,  shall 
accompany  the  document  when  it  is  presented  to  the  Clerk 
for  ﬁling  and  shall  be  separate  from  it.  Proof  of  service 
shall contain, or be accompanied by, a statement that all par­
ties  required  to  be  served  have  been  served,  together  with 
a  list  of  the  names,  addresses,  and  telephone  numbers  of