PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________ Nos. 20-2754 & 20-2755 _____________ OCEAN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS*; COUNTY OF OCEAN; CAPE MAY COUNTY SHERIFF; COUNTY OF CAPE MAY v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY; STATE OF NEW JERSEY OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL; DEPARTMENT OF LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY, DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE Ocean County Board of Commissioners*; County of Ocean, Appellants in 20-2754 Cape May County Sheriff; County of Cape May, Appellants in 20-2755 *(Amended 1/29/21) _____________ On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey District Court Nos. 3-19-cv-18083; 3-19-cv-18929 District Judge: The Honorable Freda L. Wolfson _____________ Argued on June 3, 2021 Before: AMBRO, HARDIMAN, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges (Filed: August 9, 2021) John C. Sahradnik Mathew B. Thompson [Argued] Berry Sahradnik Kotzas & Benson 212 Hooper Ave. P.O. Box 757 Toms River, NJ 08754 Counsel for County of Ocean, Ocean County Board of Commissioners, Appellants Jeffrey R. Lindsay [Argued] Cape May County Department of Law 4 Moore Road, DN 104 Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 Michael L. Testa, Jr. Testa Heck Testa & White P.A. 424 W. Landis Ave. Vineland, NJ 08360 Counsel for County of Cape May, Cape May County Sheriff, Appellants Jeremy M. Feigenbaum [Argued] Michael R. Sarno Daniel M. Vannella 2 Office of Attorney General of New Jersey Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex 25 Market Street Trenton, NJ 08625 Counsel for Appellees Lawrence J. Joseph Suite 700-1A 1250 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Immigration Reform Law Institute in Support of Appellants County of Cape May, Cape May County Sheriff Paul J. Fishman Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP One Gateway Center, Suite 1025 Newark, NJ 07102 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Constitutional, Immigration, and Criminal Law Scholars in Support of Appellees Farrin R. Anello American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation P.O. Box 32159 Newark, NJ 07102 Attorney for Amicus Curiae 47 Community Organizations in Support of Appellees Jamison Davies New York City Law Department 100 Church St. New York, NY 10007 3 Attorney for Amicus Curiae 13 Local Governments in Support of Appellees Mary B. McCord Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection Georgetown University Law Center 600 New Jersey Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20001 Attorney for Amicus Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Leaders and Former Attorneys General and Department of Justice Officials in Support of Appellees Loren L. AliKhan Office of Attorney General of District of Columbia 400 6th St. NW Suite 8100 Washington, D.C. 20001 Attorney for Amicus Curiae District of Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington in Support of Appellees ________________ OPINION OF THE COURT ________________ HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge. This appeal—which involves New Jersey’s recent directive to limit the ability of state and local law enforcement 4 officers to cooperate with federal immigration authorities— implicates important questions of federalism. Two New Jersey counties, a …
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