Sentences with phrase «curiae before»

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.).

Representation of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office as amicus curiae before the United States Supreme Court.

Not exact matches

If he was disciplinarian before Pope, and there IS a disciplinarian at the Vatican, why didn't Benedict XVI get rid of some of the alleged backstabbers and / or corrupt clergy in the Curia?

He has disliked the Curia because, before he became pope, Rome often refused to appoint the men he designated as possible bishops.

As a result, it was not many weeks before the Cardinals in the Curia were coming to warn him of impending bankruptcy.

06, Ed.D.» 11, is serving as counsel of record for the Civil Rights Project at UCLA in an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief filed for a case set to be argued before the United States Supreme Court.

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.»

Partly this is a consequence of the English legal systems» requirement that the loser pays the other side's costs — so English judges never have the benefit of any amicus curiae briefs to assist the court in deciding a matter before it.

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

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

Foley Hoag LLP has continued its representation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile in its participation as amicus curiae in a human rights case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Before the Supreme Court, we note both the specific issue and the area of the law involved, the prevailing party and the vote, the writers and length of all opinions, the number of amicus curiae briefs and who each amicus supported, and of course each Justice's vote.

He has also drafted a number of amicus curiae briefs before the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Washington Supreme Court involving environmental and civil liability issues.

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.

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.

Auzins v Latvia [2017] 1 W.L.R. 2981; [2017] A.C.D. 33: amicus curiae in extradition appeal before the Divisional Court concerning interpretation of the Extradition Act 2003 by Magistrates» Courts.

Over the years, Scarinci Hollenbeck attorneys have been involved in pro bono matters relating to important civil rights issues in New Jersey, such as representing the New Jersey State Bar Association as amicus curiae in the marriage equality litigation (Lewis v. Harris), and defending the Anti-School Bullying Act in a challenge before New Jersey's Council on Local Mandates.

Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Gregory F. Ostfeld, among others, prepared the amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League filed in March 2015 in the four cases then pending before the Supreme Court: Obergefell v. Hodges, Tanco v. Haslam, DeBoer v. Snyder, and Bourke v. Beshear, which challenge the constitutionality of state marriage equality bans.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Social Justice Commissioner was granted leave to appear as amicus curiae in two proceedings before the Queensland Supreme Court: Giblet & Ors v Qld & Anor, Chong & Ors v Qld & Anor.

That is what NAR recently argued before the Ohio Supreme Court in an amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of a broker.