United States Third Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to enjoin enforcement of the Solomon Amendment, 10 U.S.C. section 983, is reversed where plaintiff is entitled to preliminary injunctive relief since it has demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of its First Amendment claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/30/2004
• Decided 11/29/2004
• Published 11/29/2004

Judges

• Before: AMBRO, ALDISERT and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Joshua Rosenkranz (Argued), Timothy P. Wei, Sharon E. Frase, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP, New York, NY, Warrington S. Parker, III, Aaron M. Armstrong, Benjamin D. Hauser, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Appellants., Paul M. Smith (Argued), William M. Hohengarten, Daniel Mach, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, Philip G. Gallagher, Lawrence S. Lustberg, Jonathan L. Hafetz, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, New York, NY, Stuart D. Rosen, Bingham McCutchen, Hartford, CT, Jonathan A. Kenter, Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, Tyler M. Paetkau, Melissa J. Goldberg, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, Walter E. Dellinger, III (Argued), Pamela Harris, O'Melveny & Myers, Washington, DC, Hilary E. Ball, Sam Heldman, Gardner, Middlebrooks, Gibbons, Kittrell & Olsen, Washington, DC, David M. Rabban, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX, Ann D. Springer, Donna R. Euben, American Association of University Professors, Washington, DC, John L. Moore, Jr., Louis J. Rouleau, Piper Rudnick LLP, Washington, DC, E. O'Brien Kelley, Darren G. Gibson, Piper Rudnick LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher J. Christie, United State Attorney, Gregory G. Katsas (Argued), Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Douglas N. Letter, Scott R. McIntosh, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, George S. Leone, Office of the United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, for Appellees., Howard J. Bashman (Argued), Fort Washington, PA, Steven W. Fitschen, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for Amicus-Appellees.