Stem-Cell Injunction Argued in Appellate Court: Yale Law Grads on Parade

By bmartin on September 28, 2010 9:40 AM |

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Yesterday the Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit heard opposing arguments in the ongoing litigation over federal funding for research with human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). In the case of Sherley et al v Sibelius et al, the plaintiff, represented by Thomas Hungar, and the government, represented by DoJ attorney Beth Brinkmann, maintained their clients' positions on why an injunction against hESC work should or should not prevail while the case grinds its way through the court system (for background, start here).

The Great Beyond Blog provides transcript excerpts of yesterday's proceedings between the lawyers and appellate court judges, who focused on the issues of irreparable harm, the definition of research, and whether the text of the Dickey-Wicker amendment is plain or ambiguous. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a 1990 Yale Law grad, sparred with the plaintiff's Hungar, a 1987 Yale Law grad.* "The problem is that the text is not as plain as one might like, in either direction," declared Kavanaugh, who clearly disagreed with Hungar's "plain text" stance.

About 40-50 spectators were present, according to the GBB, which hesitates to guess at the timing of a decision.

* Brinkmann also graduated from Yale Law: class of '85.

 

Images, in descending order, are of DoJ attorney Beth Brinkmann, plaintiff attorney Thomas Hungar, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

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