Sentences with phrase «of amicus curiae»

The importance of the case to the IT sector was reflected by the submission of amicus curiae briefs in support of Microsoft by major companies such as Google, Cisco and Verizon, as well as several business associations.

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

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

In response to this, one initiative has involved the appointment of amicus curiae («friend of the court») in mental health appeals and family law disputes.

This case poses an interesting question with respect to the appropriate function of amicus curiae in our courts: to what extent should the interests of amicus curiae be aligned with those of the parties?

[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].

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.

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.

It compares its role to that of an amicus curiae, and says it provides an independent view that looks only to Michael's interests.

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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.

Thanks to a Comparative Patent Remedies blog post by Professor Thomas Cotter, I have just become aware of an amicus curiae brief (full text available here) filed with the Federal Circui by 27 law professors in support of Samsung with respect to the design patents - related bulk of Apple's $ 929 million damages award in the first California Apple v. Samsung litigation.

The Mr. Big technique is not used in the United States (see R v Osmar, 2007 ONCA 50 at para 55) and no cases have been found using the Mr. Big technique on American soil (see Hart, Factum of the amicus curiae at para 25 n 51).

Sure enough, PBLO was able to find lawyers at Lerners LLP who agreed to take up the role of amicus curiae.

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

Elizabeth and I were aware that challenges would arise as we took on the role of amicus curiae.

Another alternative is greater use of amicus curiae for unrepresented or self - represented parties in complex trials.

T - Mobile asked the court on Sept. 28 for leave to submit a brief of amicus curiae («friend of the court») to prevent the injunction, as it would affect its holiday sales this year.

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.

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

(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).

«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).

Not exact matches

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).

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.

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

Poughkeepsie... Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro filed an amicus - curiae brief today with the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in support of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and the Public Service Commission of the State of New York's motion seeking to stay the implementation of a new capacity zone ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

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

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).

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.

12, Ed.D.» 13, filed an amicus curiae brief in favor of the university last August.

Overall, 73 amicus curiae (friend - of - the - court briefs) were filed in support of the University of Texas at Austin's holistic admissions policy.

Through her involvement as a research assistant for the CRP — a position she started in 2005 when she was still a doctoral student at HGSE — Garces has served as counsel of record in three amicus curiae briefs for the Supreme Court, including the recent Fisher v. University of Texas, and previously on a case involving the constitutionality of K — 12 voluntary desegregation policies.

12, and Matthew Shaw filed an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief supporting the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in Fisher v. University of Texas, a United States Supreme Court case regarding UT's race - conscious admissions policies.

Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along with education, civil rights and child advocacy leaders, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing case.

An amicus curiae brief filed on behalf of almost 30 States, focusing on these practical consequences, claims with some justification that «each of the undersigned states... would suffer severe financial stringency.»

As amicus curiae in many federal and state courts, NSBA continues to urge courts to refrain from joining a troubling wave of nationwide efforts to divert public tax dollars away from public schools to fund private entities.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

Brief amicus curiae of Harvard Graduate School of Education Students for Diversity filed.

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

The firm also represented California School Boards Association as amicus curiae (friend of the court) when the Court of Appeal reversed a lower court decision that found the practice of charter schools locating sites in districts in which they were not authorized is illegal [1]-- a decision that covers the entire state.

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.

This week, I am putting my name on an amicus curiae brief, along with dozens of other teachers, urging a judge to consider the needs of children ahead of my union's contractual language.

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.»

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.»

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.

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.»