Sentences with phrase «amicus curiae»

ABE filed a joint amicus curiae brief in the case, which was supported by the state's attorney general.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants filed.

[38] This view, perhaps, resembled the notion of a «McKenzie Friend» which is discussed in English jurisprudence [6], or the concept of amicus curiae as known in Canada [7].

C. Thomas Ludden Submits amici curiae Brief to the United States Supreme Court in Brott v. United States

Here, the Court of Appeal refused to give effect to the appellants» ground (that the City of Toronto should not have been appointed amicus curiae as it had not been neutral in previous proceedings) and cited Rule 13.02 of the Rules of Civil Procedure:

The committee found that ABA policies influence legislation at both the federal and state levels, serve as starting points for amicus curiae briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court and other tribunals, and provide the bases for standards and model rules relating to the legal profession.

Ryan Anderson, editor of the Witherspoon Institute's Public Discourse and a fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has done yeoman service in providing an overview of some of the many arguments made by amici curiae in briefs submitted to the Supreme Court in its two upcoming marriage....

A growing body of literature has examined the role of amicus curiae at the Supreme Court of the United States.

Besides T - Mobile, Verizon Wireless also asked the court leave to submit a brief of amicus curiae before the court, as it said an injunction would hinder Verizon Wireless in developing and deploying its next generation high - speed LTE (long term evolution) network.

Audrey picked up the legal theme with a post noting oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court for a case under the False Claims Act (FCA) in which amici curiae PhRMA and BIO are urging the Supreme Court to limit whistleblower suits.

Assisting REDRESS with three amicus curiae submissions before the International Criminal Court concerning the charging of rape and sexual slavery as torture, and reparations for international crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic.

Editor's Note: NAR filed a joint amicus curiae brief with the Colorado Association of REALTORS ®, per the recommendation of NAR's Legal Action Committee.

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.

Statement from the environmental and community groups who were granted amicus curiae status by the court — Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, represented by attorneys at Earthjustice and Appalachian Mountain Advocates:

Authored amicus curiae brief for Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts (REBA) in Supreme Judicial Court case of great economic significance to condominiums, in which the right of associations under the condominium statute to impose successive liens on owners who withhold condominium fee payments was upheld by the SJC.

The Senior Attorney will write amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and lower courts, research and monitor federal legal developments affecting schools, respond to media and member inquiries, staff committees, write and edit publications, supervise legal interns, and more.

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.

Audrey picked up the legal theme with a post noting oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court for a case under the False Claims Act (FCA) in which amici curiae PhRMA and... [more]

On appeal, the appellants argue the Application Judge erred in granting the City of Toronto amicus curiae status since it had been an adverse party in two previous proceedings and in Divisional Court.

Author of many amicus curiae briefs filed with the Virginia Supreme Court on behalf of organizations including the Local Government Attorneys of Virginia, the Virginia Association of Counties, and Virginia Municipal League.

She has received numerous amicus curiae appointments from the Ontario Court of Appeal in mental health and capacity appeals.

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.

Angelo Ancheta, counsel of record for the AERA amicus curiae brief, said he expects a divided court and a possible 4 to 4 vote (with Justice Kagan again not participating in the decision).

Funded by the teachers unions, and with a cast of amicus curiae characters that included the Boston Bar Association, the Harvard Civil Rights Project, and Jonathan Kozol, Hancock was watched closely by the education world.

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.»

Dr. Mann's suit is unsupportable both because of his behavior toward his critics, particularly amicus curiae Dr. Curry, which demonstrates that the debate over climate science is often contentious and because Dr. Mann engages in the debate often to silence rather than to illuminate.

Today I discovered (via the Legal Writing Prof Blog, yet again) an extraordinary amicus curiae brief filed in an antitrust case involving Apple e-books.

Usually, of course, you will not find me reading amicus curiae briefs on any topic, and most certainly not on antitrust.

The Litigation Center engages in strategic amicus curiae (or «friend of the court») litigation in courts across the country and in every level of the judicial system.

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.

While Singer represented himself, the judge wrote in a footnote that he «gratefully acknowledges the helpful amicus curiae filed by the Consumer Technology Association and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International.»

Two more amicus curiae briefs related to Google's appeal of Judge Posner's FRAND ruling in Apple's favor have become available: one of them was submitted by BSA The Software Alliance, and the other one by four law professors.

We regularly help clients secure amicus curiae support before state and federal appellate bodies, including the US Supreme Court.

Additionally he was a member of the Appellate Moot Court Honor Board, represented an alien before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and co-authored amicus curiae briefs in various appeals before the US Supreme Court.

They worked on 183 matters covering a range of legal areas from land claims to housing and services; traditional leadership disputes to sexual harassment and unfair dismissal claims; delictual disputes; amicus curiae representations; refugee matters and corporate work for SMMEs and not - for - profit organizations.

Despite the words ``... without becoming a party to the proceeding» contained in the Rule, the Court of Appeal found, pursuant to Oakwell Engineering Ltd. v. EnerNorth Industries Inc., 2006 CarswellOnt 9793 (C.A.), at para. 9, that amicus curiae need not be «impartial», «objective» or «disinterested» in the outcome of a case.

The Court of Appeal held that where amicus curiae makes a useful contribution to the analysis of issues before the court, the fact their position is «generally aligned» with that of one or the other parties is no bar.

Consent to the filing of timely amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party from counsel for the appellants received.

Four centuries ago, Francis Bacon wrote that «those, that engage courts in quarrels of jurisdiction... are not truly amici curiae, but parasiti curiae, in puffing a court up beyond her bounds, for their own scraps and advantage.»

Serving as Chairman of the Huy Board of Advisors, he has lead the organization's amicus curiae efforts before the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts across the country.

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)

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

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.

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

Justice Karakatsanis concluded that fixing rates of compensation is not necessary in order to make their power to appoint amici curiae effective,

Editor's Note: The Ohio Association of REALTORS ® and NAR filed separate amicus curiae briefs in support of the Brokerage.

Mr. De La Cruz has also advocated for his clients» interests by submitting amicus curiae briefs to the California Supreme Court in cases that could have far - reaching effects on workplace practices.