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  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Federal Election Com'n v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2007

    Before the ink was dry on Section 203, which bans corporate expenditures of more than $10,000 to fund “electioneering communications’—broadcast, cable, or satellite ads, aired within a fixed period … See William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar act III, sc. ii.

    551 U.S. 449
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Rumsfeld v. Padilla

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

    See General Comment No. 29 para. 1. The British government recently derogated from: the ICCPR to pass the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act of 2001. … General Comment No. 29 para. 16.

    542 U.S. 426
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Jonathan Lee, et al., Petitioners v. Poudre School District R-1

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 22, 2025

    Mahmoud, 145 S.Ct at 2361 (cleaned up). … “The ‘official policy’ requirement was intended to distinguish acts of the municipality from acts of employees of the municipality, and thereby make clear that municipal liability is limited to action

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, et al., Applicants v. Nebraska, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Nov 22, 2022

    (quoting Utility Air, 573 U.S. at 324). … Ct. at 2609-10 (quoting MCI, 512 U.S. at 229, and Utility Air, 573 U.S. at 324).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1986

    Western Air Lines, Inc., 42 Cal.2d 621, 268 P.2d 723, apeal dismissed, 348 U.S. 859 RN Ee a Cee ean oO Le OS Tae 25 Pruneyard Shopping Center v. … A statement that any customer comments con- cerning the rate increase should be addressed to the Commission Clerk.

    475 U.S. 1
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Gilbert P. Hyatt, Petitioner v. John A. Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Apr 3, 2026

    (cleaned up). -8compliance with its regulations, including that any applicant submission is not “being presented … to cause unnecessary delay,” in contravention of 37 C.F.R. § 11.18(b)(2)(i). … Some rules employ words requiring applicants to act “promptly,”14 to be “diligent,”15 act in “good faith,”16 13 Br. of SBTC, Addendum 2. 14 See 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.6(f)(1)(i); 1.8(b)(1); 1.10(c)(1), (d)(1)

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Feaster v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1969

    Slavish deference to that essentially sound principle © will only result in an extensive period of uncertainty and multitudious litigation for the many state ports authorities over whom the N.M.B. now … Lane, as Medi- ator, National Mediation Board, by mailing a copy thereof in a duly addressed envelope with air mail postage prepaid to Charles S.

    396 U.S. 962
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Gundy v. United States (No. 17-6086)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2019

    Rev. 265, 307 (2001) (cleaned up). … When government acts in excess of lawful powers, that liberty is at stake.” Bond v. United States, 564 U.S. 211, 221—22 (2011) (cleaned up).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Greg Abbott, et al., Applicants v. League of United Latin American Citizens, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Nov 24, 2025

    “Some Likelihood” of Success Is Insufficient, Especially for Enjoining an Act of a State Legislature. 1. … King, 567 U.S. 1301, 1303 (2012) (Roberts, C.J., in chambers) (cleaned up).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Cross v. Federal Labor Relations Authority

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

    This fact is important, because generally speaking, the Posse Comitatus Act prohibits the use of “[a]ny part of the [federal] Army or Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to execute the laws. … For example, and as pointed out by Petitioners, in the post-9/11 period, Guardsmen were detailed as security at airports nationwide.

    541 U.S. 935
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Maine Community Health Options, Petitioner v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 6, 2019

    For example, in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Congress enacted the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act “to preserve the continued viability of the United … States air transportation system from potentially ruinous tort liability in the wake of the attacks.”

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — McAusland v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1993

    The Freedom of Information Act requires public disclosure of agency records, subject to certain specific exceptions. 5 U.S.C. § 552 (1988). See Department of the Air Force v. … Therefore, for purposes of this case, the Court need not consider whether formal regulations, published in the Code of Federal Regulations and subject to the usual notice and comment periods as well

    507 U.S. 1003
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2000

    L.Rev. 607, 635-36 (1994) (“decision to come out is not merely an individual assertion of identity, but also a risky act of social defiance”) (emphasis added). … (Comment, supra, 113 Harv. L. Rev. at 625.)

    530 U.S. 640
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Barbara, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Feb 26, 2026

    Air Regul. Grp., 573 U.S. at 327. … Air Regul. Grp. v. EPA, 573 U.S. 302, 327 (2014).

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Yarnell v. Cuffley

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2001

    Keeping the roadsides clean is part of that function. … This case is about the right of the people—acting through their elected representatives-to engage in their own speech as a body politic.

    532 U.S. 903
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — General Electric Capital Corp., Dba Ge Capital v. Thiessen

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2002

    United Air Lines, Inc., ge og P| errr rrr ere i Szabo v. Bridegport Machines, Inc., 249 F.3d 672 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 122 S. Ct. 348 (2001) ........ … Commentators have repeatedly questioned whether Jeamsters is applicable in cases where damages are sought or where a jury trial is required.

    536 U.S. 934
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Neal Bissonnette, et al., Petitioners v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Nov 20, 2023

    .............. 2-11, 13, 15, 16, 18-21 National Labor Relations Act....................... 2, 3, 17, 18 Railway Labor Act ......................................... 2, 8, 18-20 RULES Sup. … (The Railway Labor Act, § 4.II.E.2 (Douglas W.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Cedar Point Nursery, et al., Petitioners v. Victoria Hassid, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Feb 12, 2021

    (cleaned up). … Indeed, Congress has done just 23 that in the Federal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1977, which allows union and nonunion employee representatives to have such access to mine owners’ property during periodic

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — City of Edmonds v. Oxford House, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1995

    The rate of increase in the number of “beds” during that period was even more dramatic — from 8,515 in 1982 to 24,452 in 1984. Id. … Jd. at 9 dwellings, such zoning ordinances “lay out zones where family values, youth values, and the blessings of quiet seclusion and clean air make the area a sanctuary for people.” Jd.

    514 U.S. 725
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Rahn v. Drake Center, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1995

    The press release was critical of certain acts of the new administration of the hospital— all acts of which implicated taxpayer dollars. … Everything they put into it comes out clean. 429 F.2d at 902. The Court of Appeals found those comments protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitu- tion.

    515 U.S. 1142

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