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  • Amicus Curiae Brief — January Littlejohn, et vir, Petitioners v. School Board of Leon County, Florida, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Oct 6, 2025

    As early commentators recognized, children do not understand “how to govern themselves.” 2 Samuel Pufendorf, The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law 8 of Nature 202 (1735). … “While the measure of what is conscience shocking is no calibrated yard stick, it does . . . point the way.” 523 U.S. at 847 (cleaned up). That amorphous guidance has proved unhelpful.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass'n

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2008

    The terms of service are as much protected from state intrusion as are the air Carrier’s rates. 936 F.2d at 1078. … No. 73-67, 48 Stat. 195 (1933), and a brief period of federally sponsored self- regulation under the auspices of the National Recovery Ad- ministration.

    552 U.S. 364
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc., et al., Petitioners v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al.

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

    Economists’ Available at: https://www.hbs.edu/bigs/the-future-of-carbonpricing-in-the-us. 13 ExxonMobil was also a founding member, but was suspended in 2021 over an Exxon lobbyist’s comments indicating … that even the most ambitious carbon tax is consistent with long-term positive economic growth, near baseline rates, not even counting the growth benefits of a less-disrupted climate or lower ambient air

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — American Foreign Service Assn. v. Garfinkel

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1989

    Administrator of General Services, 433 U.S. 425, 456-55 (1977) (discussing privilege and its qualified nature). 3 See, e.g., Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. … Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579, 635 & n.2 (1952) (Jack- son, J. concurring) (noting that Chicago & Southern Air Lines, supra, and Curtiss-Wright were both cases in which the presidential acts in question were

    490 U.S. 153
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1973

    carriers’ limitations of air routes and divi- sions of territories that were the basis of the antitrust suit, including the power to prohibit unfair methods of competition and to approve those very … The Commission is authorized to suspend the designation of a board of trade as a contract market for a period not exceeding six months for violations of the Act or the rules of the Secretary or failure

    409 U.S. 289
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

    Also the schedule of watch- keeping and rest periods should be sighted to ascertain that normal work hours and rest periods are such as to minimise fatigue and comply with regulations. … Tcst records should be sighted to ascertain that all equipment is being tested periodically.

    545 U.S. 119
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Arlington Central School Dist. Bd. of Ed. v. Murphy

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2006

    that the then- General Accounting Office (GAO) study the “impact” of Section 1415(i)(3)(B) over a three-and-a-half-year period following the Act’s effective date. … , Title VII, etc.; choosing to discharge pollution into waters protected by the Clean Water Act; or choosing to market driver’s license information subject to the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of

    548 U.S. 291
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives v. Flores (Nos. 08-294, 08-289)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2008

    ALEC supports the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). … Because such decrees often remain in _ place for extended periods of time, the likelihood of significant changes occurring during the life of the decree is increased.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, Petitioner v. B. P. J., By Her Next Friend and Mother, Heather Jackson, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 14, 2024

    In the middle of that period, I switched to triathlon needing something more challenging to convince myself of my capability in the face of so many claiming I was incapable. … “Testosterone and androgenizing drugs were given in large quantities to East German athletes, creating an unfair advantage clean athletes could not overcome.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Leathers v. Medlock

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1991

    By its nature, theater usually is the acting out — or singing out - of the written word, and frequently mixes speech with live action or conduct. … Central Pacific Railway Co., 127 U.S. 1, 40 (1888); Copt-Air v. City of San Diego, 15 Cal.App.3d 984, 987, 988-89 (1971). 13 Santa Cruz, 679 F. Supp. 977 (N.D.

    499 U.S. 439
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Breuer v. Jim's Concrete of Brevard, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2003

    Congress’ use of the phrase “may be maintained” was most likely the result of its inconsistent usage in provisions authorizing suit contained in the statutory enactments of the period. … Given the long-running dispute among the courts and commentators as to whether the FLSA prohibits removal, there can be no doubt that the language of the act is ambiguous.

    538 U.S. 691
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Laird v. Tatum

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1972

    "Section 1385, of title 18, US.C. reads as follows: ‘Use of Army and Air Force as possee comitatus. … Whoever, excep in cases and under circumstances , expressly authorized, ‘by the Constitution or Act of _ Congress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the — Air Force as. a. possee comitatus or

    408 U.S. 1
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Sierra Club, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jan 19, 2021

    B, Title I § 102, Stat. 302 (2005) include the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Archeological … Resources Protection Act, the Antiquities Act, the National Wildlife Refuge System Act and many others.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — BASF Corp. v. Peterson (No. 06-144)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2006

    The issues remain just as urgent in the wake -of that result, and this case resents a clean vehicle for the Court to address them definit:vely. … Jean Wegman Bums, Confused Jurisprudence: False Advertising Under the Lanham Act, 79 B.U.L.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Vacco v. Quill

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1997

    "Adequate" palliative care may also require extended periods of sedation to the point of permanent or temporary unconsciousness. … See, e.g, Compassion in Dying. 79 F.3d at 835 ("My son-in-law then had the unfortunate and unpleasant task of cleaning my father’s splattered brains off the basement walls.")

    521 U.S. 793
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1990

    Delta Air Lines, Inc., 463 U.S. 85, 97 (1983). … one State might adopt a presumption of discrimination against any em- ployee who was discharged within a year before the vesting of his pension benefits, while another State might adopt a different period

    498 U.S. 133
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1997

    One commentator has stated: “Although the Supreme Court's holdings in Williamson ... and MacDonald ... rested 5 on procedural grounds, they have inflicted a great deal of damage on private property … Loretto a marketable coupon for two square feet of air space? Obviously not. It follows that a TDR coupon cannot restore Mrs.

    520 U.S. 725
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Board of Regents of Univ. of Wis. System v. Southworth

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2000

    Brotherhood of Railway, Air- line & Steamship Clerks, 466 U.S. 435 (1984) and Chi- cago Teachers Union v. … Civil government should interfere ciples break out into overt acts against peace and good order.” /d.

    529 U.S. 217
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Read v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1993

    What took me aback was the comment of one federal appellate judge who said, "you don't know the half of it." … Brick, was a Debtor and Victim of the Bankruptcy system of the Northern District of California during the period of 1979 through 1983.

    510 U.S. 822
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Department of State, et al., Petitioners v. Sandra Muñoz, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Mar 28, 2024

    . § 1229a(b)(4)(B)........................................... 13 Act of March 3, 1903, Pub. L. … Oct. 27, 1990); see, e.g., Act of March 3, 1903, Pub. L.

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