VASQUEZ v. UNITED STATES

VASQUEZ v. UNITED STATES No. 11-199. Argued March 21, 2012 Decided April 2, 2012 Beau B. Brindley argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Joshua J. Jones and Blair T. Westover. Anthony A. Yang argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Verrilli, Assistant Attorney General Breuer, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Joel M. Gershowitz. Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by John D. Cline and Jeffrey T. Green; and for Jeffrey K. Skilling by Daniel M. Petrocelli, M. Randall Oppenheimer, Matthew T. Kline, David J. Marroso, Jonathan D. Hacker, and Anton Metlitsky. A brief of amici curiae urging affirmance was filed for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Jonathan F. Mitchell, Solicitor General, Daniel T. Hodge, First Assistant Attorney General, and Don Clemmer, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Luther Strange of Alabama, Tom Horne of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Pamela Jo Bondi of Florida, David M. Louie of Hawaii, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Gregory F. Zoeller of Indiana, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. “Buddy” Caldwell of Louisiana, William J. Schneider of Maine, Bill Schuette of Michigan, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Alan Wilson of South Carolina, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Gregory A. Phillips of Wyoming. [MAJORITY — Per Curiam.] Per Curiam. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. It is so ordered.