Sentences with phrase «amici curiae»

On December 29, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union filed an amici curiae brief with the ACLU of Maryland and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the first known case where a motions judge suppressed evidence as a result of the warrantless use of a cell site simulator by the police.

Represented a group of noted economic professors and scholars as amici curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court (Empagran v. F. Hoffmann - La Roche Ltd.).

JUSTICE STEVENS also observes that several amici curiae address the equal protection argument.

The amici curiae brief contains a good summary of how the technology works.

That is procedurally unusual, as the court explained: «As a general rule, this court does not permit amici curiae to enlarge the issues on appeal.

It was apparently raised instead by amici curiae California Public Defenders Association and Santa Clara County Public Defenders.

Legal Services Alabama is excited to announce that the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has recently issued a decision protecting tenants» rights in a case where LSA appeared as amici curiae.

Lee v. Carter - Reed, 203 N.J. 496 (2010)(in a case concerning deceptive - trade - practices claims against a dietary supplement manufacturer, the New Jersey Supreme Court reversed the lower court's denial of class certification and adopted our brief's analytical framework based on the economic concept of «credence goods»)(counsel for amici curiae consumer groups)

Professor Geoffrey Hoffman was among a group of legal scholars who submitted an amici curiae brief in support of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ragbir v. Sessions.

Geoffrey Hoffman was among a group of legal scholars who submitted an amici curiae brief in support of the plaintiff - appellee in the case of City of Chicago v. Sessions.

Professor Olivas was among a group of immigration law scholars who submitted an amici curiae brief in the case of Regents of the University of California v. Department of Homeland Security.

On December 29, 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union filed an amici curiae brief with the ACLU of Maryland and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the first known case where a motions judge suppressed evidence as a result of the warrantless...

Representation of 17 international jurists and human rights experts as amici curiae: Sosa v. Alvarez - Machain, 542 U.S. 692 (2004)

«While this court ordinarily restricts its discussion to the arguments made by the parties and does not address arguments of amici curiae... the argument presented by this amicus is sufficiently related to that of the [defendant] to warrant our discussion» (citations omitted).

Representation of the National Association of Governors, the National Association of State Legislatures, and the Council of State Governments as amici curiae: Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing LLC, No. 14 - 614 (U.S.)

Representation of the Legal Aid Society and the American Civil Liberties Union as amici curiae: Aref v. Lynch, 833 F. 3d 242 (D.C. Cir.

Representation of Equality Now, Human Rights Watch, and other human rights organizations as amici curiae: Sessions v. Morales - Santana, No. 15 - 1191 (U.S.)

Later this week, or early next week, we'll see some filings by amici curiae supporting Google.

In an unusual en banc decision rendered without requesting briefing from the parties, the United States, or interested amici curiae, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed several rulings in favor of Apple Inc. in its ongoing smartphone patent war with Samsung.

The following applications for permission to file an amicus / amici curiae brief in support of plaintiffs / respondents / cross-appellants Andrea Savaglio et al. are granted: (1) Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California et al., (2) La Raza Centro Legal and Equal Rights Advocates, (3), California Employment Lawyers Association, and (4) Alameda County Central Labor Council et al..

Members of Robinson + Cole's Appellate Group regularly represent amici curiae on issues of first impression or that may have broad application in significant industry areas.

The amici curiae («friends of the court») supporting will then have to file their briefs on or before June 8.

On March 3, 2016, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amici curiae brief in support of Apple in the San Bernardino case signed by 46 technologists, security researchers and cryptographers.

What is at issue is whether a court's inherent or implied jurisdiction extends to fixing the rates of compensation for amici curiae.

C. Thomas Ludden, head of the Appellate Practice Group at Lipson Neilson, P.C., recently submitted an amici curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court in Brott v. United States, Supreme Court Docket No. 17 - 712.

Erica B. Abate Recht, for South End Lower Roxbury Housing & Planning Coalition & others, amici curiae, was present but did not argue.

At least one of the submissions from amici curiae in the Fisher case supported the «mismatch» theory and suggested that black students would do better somewhere else.

In addition, the court specifically invited interested parties to submit amici curiae briefs without seeking consent of the parties or leave of the court.

(1) the inability to set rates of compensation «would unduly weaken the courts» appointment power and ability to name an amicus of their choosing» (para 123); (2) «the integrity of the judicial process would be imperilled» and should not be dependent upon the Crown (para 124); and (3) «the Attorney General's unilateral control over the remuneration of amici curiae might create an appearance of bias and place amici themselves in an unavoidable conflict of interest» (para 125).

A new legal advocacy group, The Family Defense Center, today unveiled a Web page designed to solicit amici curiae to support its bid to secure Supreme Court review of a decision of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Dupuy v. Samuels.

Since 2011, we've assisted hundreds of researchers by providing legal counsel, matching them with pro bono legal representation, and filing amici curiae — «friend of the court» — briefs in their cases.

As U.S. District Judge Denise Cote prepares to issue a verdict on the Department of Justice's proposed ebook pricing settlement with three publishers, she has granted two parties that oppose the settlement — the Authors Guild and attorney and licensing expert Bob Kohn — permission to weigh in as amici curiae, or «friends of the court.»

Cote has granted Barnes & Noble, the American Booksellers Association, the Authors Guild and attorney and music industry executive Bob Kohn, all of whom oppose the settlement, permission to act as «friends of the court» and weigh in on the settlement in amici curiae briefs.

Separately, last week Barnes & Noble (s BKS) and the American Booksellers Association requested permission to file an amici curiae, or «friend of the court,» brief in the case, saying that «if the Court were not to permit ABA and Barnes & Noble to serve as amici in this matter, it is likely that DOJ's numerous arguments in that filing that are specifically directed against Barnes & Noble and ABA, complete with their factual inaccuracies, would go unrebutted by any party currently before the Court.»

Judge Cote ruled this week (PDF) that the brief they already submitted — which «contains five pages of substantive arguments that do not address the question of whether leave to file amici curiae responses is appropriate, but rather oppose approval of the proposed Final Judgment» — will suffice as B&N and the ABA's only comment on the matter, and «no additional filings from the ABA and Barnes & Noble shall be permitted.»

Preeminent education policy experts, school board members and administrators, civil rights advocates, award - winning teachers, and top legal scholars filed amici curiae, or «friend of the court» briefs urging the Court of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students depend.

Brief amici curiae of College Board and the National School Boards Association, et al. filed.

AAAS joined with the National Academy of Sciences in filing an amici curiae brief in the case.

Klein joined Congressman Eliot Engel; New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat; New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz; and New York City Councilman Andrew Cohen, in filing amici curiae briefs on April 7, 2014, urged New Jersey's Superior Court, Appellate Division to invalidate LG's variance to exceed the traditional 35 - foot height limit in towns surrounding the Park by more than fourfold.

September 2013: The PMA submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of petitions recently filed by Amazon and Overstock with the US Supreme Court.

Many church groups filed amicus curiae briefs urging that the court declare a constitutional requirement of property tax exemption for churches.

E.g., in regards to scientific support for evolution and rejection of creationism and the young earth dogma, in 1986, 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, signed an amicus curiae brief asking the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism, which the brief described as embodying religious dogma.

In 1986, an amicus curiae brief, signed by 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, asked the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard, to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism (which the brief described as embodying religious dogma).

Twenty years ago, when I wrote the amicus curiae brief for the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in the Supreme Court in Lemon v. Kurtzman — the landmark case on aid to parochial schools — I truly believed we could win.

COAR (Coalition for Open Adoption Records) obtained amicus curiae status to put forward their side in this court case, supporting the position of the Ontario government.

After listening to the submissions of all the parties in the case as well as three amicus curia (friends of the court), the court adjourned indefinitely for judgment.

Fagbemi said: «The submissions of the amicus curiae are sentimental.

Two of the three legal experts - amicus curiae (friends of the court)-- invited by the Supreme Court have called for their removal.

Their duty as an amicus curiae is to analyse the issue as a non-partisan party not to take a position on it; you leave the rest for the court to do.

Last week, the Sheriffs» Association as well as several elected sheriffs filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a federal challenge to the SAFE Act.