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PHILLIPS v. WASHINGTON LEGAL FOUNDATION

Syllabus

Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which O(cid:146)Con-
nor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ., joined. Souter, J., ﬁled a dis-
senting opinion, in which Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined,
post, p. 172. Breyer, J., ﬁled a dissenting opinion, in which Stevens,
Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, post, p. 179.

Darrell E. Jordan argued the cause for petitioners. With
him on the briefs were Brittan L. Buchanan, David J.
Schenck, and Nancy Trease.

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for
the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With
him on the briefs were Acting Solicitor General Dellinger,
Assistant Attorneys General Hunger and Schiffer, Patricia
A. Millett, Robert Klarquist, and Timothy Dowling.

Richard A. Samp argued the cause for respondents.
With him on the brief were Daniel J. Popeo, Donald B. Ayer,
Thomas M. Fisher, and Michael J. Mazzone.*

*Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were ﬁled for the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts et al. by Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General of
Massachusetts, and Deborah Steenland, Assistant Attorney General, and
by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Grant
Woods of Arizona, Winston Bryant of Arkansas, Richard Blumenthal
of Connecticut, Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of
Georgia, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, Alan G. Lance of Idaho, James
E. Ryan of Illinois, Jeffrey A. Modisett of Indiana, Thomas J. Miller of
Iowa, Albert B. Chandler III of Kentucky, Richard P. Ieyoub of Louisiana,
Andrew Ketterer of Maine, J. Joseph Curran, Jr., of Maryland, Frank J.
Kelley of Michigan, Hubert H. Humphrey III of Minnesota, Jeremiah W.
(Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Frankie Sue Del
Papa of Nevada, Philip T. McLaughlin of New Hampshire, Dennis C.
Vacco of New York, Michael F. 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,
Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, John Knox Walkup of Tennessee, Jan
Graham of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Christine O. Gregoire
of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and William U.
Hill of Wyoming; for the American Association of Retired Persons et al.
by John H. Pickering, Bruce Vignery, Michael R. Schuster, and J. Allen
May; for the American Bar Association by Jerome J. Shestack, Jerold
S. Solovy, Barry Levenstam, Paul M. Smith, and Nory Miller; for the