No. 12-144

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Supreme Court of the United States

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D

ENNIS

H

OLLINGSWORTH

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ET AL

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 Petitioners

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RISTIN

M.P

ERRY 

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ET AL

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Respondents

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ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATESCOURT OF APPEALS FORTHE NINTH CIRCUIT

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BRIEF OF AMERICAN COMPANIES AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OFRESPONDENTS

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 Andrew G. Celli, Jr.E

MERY

C

ELLI

B

RINCKERHOFF

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BADY

LLP75 Rockefeller Plaza20th FloorNew York, NY 10019E. Joshua Rosenkranz

Counsel of Record

Karen G. Johnson-McKewanI. Neel Chatterjee Andrew D. SilvermanMichael K. GottliebO

RRICK 

,H

ERRINGTON

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S

UTCLIFFE

LLP51 West 52nd StreetNew York, NY 10019(212) 506-5000 jrosenkranz@orrick.com

 

LIST OF AMICI CURIAE

This brief is filed on behalf of the following Fortune ranked and other leading American businesses:

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Companies that, due to conflict, are represented by Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP, rather than Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.

 Abercrombie & Fitch

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 Adobe Systems Incorporated Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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 Aetna

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 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

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 Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Industries Alcoa, Inc.

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 Alere Inc. American International Group, Inc.

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 Apple Inc.Barnes & Noble

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Becton, Dickinson and Company

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Brown Shoe Company

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Cablevision Systems Corp.

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Caesars Entertainment Cisco Systems, Inc.CloroxeBay Inc.Estée Lauder Companies

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Facebook, Inc. Google, Inc.

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Hewlett-Packard Company

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Intel CorporationLevi Strauss & Co.Marsh & McLennan Companies

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Morgan StanleyMosaic Financial Partners, Inc.NBTY, Inc.

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NCR CorporationNIKE, Inc.Office Depot, Inc. OraclePanasonic Corporation of North AmericaQualcomm Incorporated

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Sempra Energy

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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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Tiffany & Co.

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 Verizon Communications Inc.

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Xerox Corp.

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1 Source Consulting Solutions Akamai Technologies, Inc. Artify Inc. A|X Armani Exchange

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Big DuckBlu HomesBorrego Solar Systems, Inc.Boston Medical CenterBrandQuery LLCCar Toys, Inc.Central Physical Therapy and FitnessChang ConsultingCity Catering CompanyCity Lights Sign Co.Civitas Public Affairs GroupClean Yield Asset ManagementCoinstar, Inc.Commune Hotels and ResortsCoupons.com Incorporated

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Crowley Maritime Corp. Cummins Inc.

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David Kosar Insurance  AgencyDML Insurance Services, Inc.Dropbox, Inc.Eastern Bank Full Court Press CommunicationsGo FactoryGroupon

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Hackman CapitalHeartland Payment Systems, Inc.Holdredge WinesHoughton Mifflin Harcourt PublishingCompanyiStar Financial Inc.

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Jackson Hole GroupJazz PharmaceuticalsKimpton Hotels & RestaurantsKollmar Sheet Metal Works, Inc. Laparoscopic Institute for Gynecologic OncologyLarson Marketing & Communications LLCLinkedIn Corp.Living Social

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Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLCMcKinstry Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc. Mind Your Beeswax, Inc. d/b/a BeeCause MultiPlan, Inc.Pro-Tec Data