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Anthropic v. DoW

Parties

The plaintiff, the eighteen named federal defendants, and the amici who filed in support (and opposition) — with direct links to every amicus brief on CourtListener.

Plaintiff

Anthropic PBCPublic benefit corporation, incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Counsel

  • Michael J. MonganWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Lead trial counsel (N.D. Cal.)
  • Kelly P. DunbarWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Lead appellate counsel (D.C. Cir.)
  • Joshua A. GeltzerWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Susan HennesseyWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Kevin M. LambWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Lauren Moxley BeattyWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Laura E. PowellWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Sonika R. DataWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record
  • Emily BarnetWilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Counsel of record

Defendants

Eighteen named agencies and officials; the order names all "Defendant Agencies" plus Secretary Hegseth and the Executive Office of the President.

  • U.S. Department of War

    Pete Hegseth (Secretary)

    Federal agency

    Principal defendant; issued the Hegseth Directive and Supply Chain Designation

  • Executive Office of the President

    White House office

    Named as to the Presidential Directive; not enjoined on PI for lack of specific implementing action

  • U.S. Department of the Treasury

    Scott Bessent

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of State

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of Energy

    Chris Wright

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of Commerce

    Howard W. Lutnick

    Federal agency

  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

    Douglas A. Collins

    Federal agency

  • Social Security Administration

    Frank Bisignano

    Federal agency

  • General Services Administration

    Scott Kupor

    Federal agency

  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission

    Ho K. Nieh

    Independent agency

  • National Endowment for the Arts

    Mary Anne Carter

    Independent agency

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Jared Isaacman

    Federal agency

  • Federal Reserve Board of Governors

    Jerome H. Powell

    Independent agency

  • Federal Housing Finance Agency

    Edward C. Forst

    Independent agency

  • Securities and Exchange Commission

    Paul S. Atkins

    Independent agency

  • Office of Personnel Management

    Federal agency

Counsel for the government

Trial (N.D. Cal.): U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch. James W. Harlow, Eric J. Hamilton, Christian Dibblee, Kristina Wolfe.

Appellate (D.C. Cir., 9th Cir.): U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Appellate Staff. Sharon Swingle, Sean R. Janda, Brian J. Springer.

Sharon Swingle argued for the government in the D.C. Cir.

Amici

Briefs filed across the N.D. Cal. and D.C. Cir. proceedings. Each entry links directly to the relevant CourtListener docket entry where you can download the PDF; many briefs are also mirrored locally under source-docs/. Only one amicus has filed in support of the government — Joel Thayer of the America First Policy Institute, in the D.C. Cir.