National Conference of State Legislatures National League of Cities, et al.
Amici Curiae
Richard Ruda, Counsel of RecordThe National Conference of State Legislatures and the National League of Cities are joined in this brief by six other organizations representing State, county, and municipal governments and officials throughout the United States. Richard Ruda has been chief counsel of the State and Local Legal Center since 1991. He is a 1990 graduate of Harvard Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26, 2001.Petitioners and their amici urge this Court to overrule Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public…
