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Amicus Curiae Brief — Kingdomware Techs., Inc. v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2857 (2015) (No. 14-916)

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2015

In response to the 1999 Act’s failure, Congress passed the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (the “2003 Act”), which gave agencies substantial flexibility to favor veterans. … Air Regulatory Grp. v. EPA, 134 S. Ct. 2427, 2446 (2014) (quotations omitted).

Amicus Curiae Brief — Beck v. Prupis

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2000

In a civil context, however, as Holmes makes clear, a mere agreement “in the air” to conspire does not proximately cause any direct injury. … Commentators have noted that as a consequence of broader-than-broad interpretations by the courts, “RICO is upsetting the rules of the game in the areas of labor and employment law.” Thomas F.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Paul Hunt, Petitioner v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · May 18, 2020

By applying their “Respectful Campus Policy” to Petitioner’s speech, Respondents were not acting at all to “prescribe and control conduct in the schools,” Tinker, 393 U.S. at 507, but instead to “prescribe … Thus, Respondents had no more authority to sanction Petitioner for his Facebook post than the local police would have to arrest any other citizen for airing her political and moral views by publishing

Amicus Curiae Brief — Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Incorporated, et al., Applicants v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 25, 2024

HISA provides interested parties multiple opportunities to comment on proposed rules. See 15 U.S.C. § 3053(b); 16 C.F.R. § 1.142(f). … But the Fifth Circuit’s decision leaves the enforcement of those rules up in the air.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Munaf v. Geren

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2008

Post, Apr. 24, EER IY ae Ee ae ee ea 8 Human Rights Committee, General Comment 20, U.N. Doc. … One detainee recently recounted, “(Iraqi guards] hung me in the air by my legs and beat me with a stick ....

Amicus Curiae Brief — Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

The Dendrite defendant used the name, “xxplrr,” to post nine comments to a Yahoo! … The officer ultimately arrested Crowell for refusal, citing “the tension in the air just getting thicker and thicker around me, which I did not want” as his justification. Jd.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Harold Shurtleff, et al., Petitioners v. City of Boston, Massachusetts, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Nov 17, 2021

Boston can accommodate many private organizations who hold flag raising events—not simultaneously but scheduled in advance for brief periods of time. … The Establishment Clause was not expressly at issue but lurked beneath the surface and sparked comments from several concurring 23 Justices.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell, 136 S. Ct. 446 (2015) (No. 15-105)

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2015

Act of 1943, ch. 63, § 117, Nee 8,9 Revenue Act of 1950, ch. 994, ee peeenmusced 9 Tax Reform Act of 1969, tit. … Rather than pull irrelevant classifications from thin air, HHS should have adopted the relevant criteria already expressed in Title VII. The Court should grant the petition.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2001

Or consider the television ads aired each year during the Super Bowl. … City of San 19 consumed more time of the Court in this time period.

Amicus Curiae Brief — League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2005

The average beginning-to-end falloff rate in this period is thus 24 percent. … Gingles concurrence should play no part in the Act.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Shawn Montgomery, Petitioner v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Dec 8, 2025

As the Court commented, “[t]he present litigation plainly does not present a borderline question.” 504 U.S. at 390. … Kerr-McGee Corp., 464 U.S. 238, 251 (1984) ((“It is difficult to believe that Congress would, without comment, remove all means of judicial recourse for those injured by illegal conduct.”)

Amicus Curiae Brief — Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Edison Bros. Stores, Inc.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1992

Air France v. Saks, 470 U.S. 392, 405 (1985) (citing Benjamins v. … As the foregoing qualified commentators have shown, member nations have not diminished the author’s exclusive right of public performance to the drastic extent of the court below.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Norfolk Southern R. Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

the 19th Century, it has been “prevalent practice for [maritime] common carriers (1) ) — to insert clauses in bills of lading exempting themselves from liability for damage or loss, limiting the period … Green Fire & | Multimodal transport, also known as intermodal transport, involves transport by both water and land (or air) under a single bill of lading. See 2 Thomas J.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Stuart R. Harrow, Petitioner v. Department of Defense

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jan 18, 2024

Henderson surveyed these and other features of the veterans claims system, and concluded that “[r]igid jurisdictional treatment of the 120-day period for filing a notice of appeal in the Veterans Court … See BIO 10 (“[T]he time bar is jurisdictional because it is linked to Section 1295(a)(9)’s grant of jurisdiction by an express cross-reference” (cleaned up)); Fed. Educ. Ass’n—Stateside Region v.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Miller v. Johnson

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1995

During this period the number of Hispanic registered voters increased by 83 percent. … These amendments were enacted to redress the more subtle forms of discrimination that had emerged during the seventeen year period since the Act was first passed.

Amicus Curiae Brief — Kentucky Assn. of Health Plans, Inc. v. Miller

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2003

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 463 U.S. 85 (1983) ... 20 Stone & Webster Eng'g Corp. v. Ilsley, 690 F.2d 323 SE MED dndacecdcbeedesndsvceesesede 20 Stuart Circle Hosp. Corp. v. … As amici hereafter demonstrate, AWP statutes impair the capacity of MCOs to: (a) control the quality of the providers they allow in their networks; and (b) periodically evaluate the quality and efficiency

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

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1989

The administration should listen to comments and suggestions of both Houses of Congress... . Mr. President, this amendment would freeze the status quo until April 15, 1984. -129 Cong. … World War II, like all government activities, responded to control by appropria- tions.5° — ——_ *® In its current form, the law prohibits the “willful{] use [] [of] any part of the Army or the Air

Amicus Curiae Brief — Federal Communications Commission, et al., Petitioners v. Consumers' Research, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Jan 16, 2025

In particular, the court conflated the public-notice period, during which the Commission solicits public comments on the contribution factor that it proposes, with the process by which the Commission determines … And when the FCC revisited the issue four years later, it demonstrated its acute awareness of the bounds of its authority under the Communications Act by asking interested parties to comment on “whether

Amicus Curiae Brief — Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, et al., Petitioners v. Maria Angelica Guzman Chavez, et al.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Nov 12, 2020

Court review of detention must also be provided periodically or regularly. See HRC General Comment No. 35, ¶ 18 (detention “must be subject to periodic reevaluation and judicial review”). … Australia, ¶ 9.4; accord HRC General Comment No. 35, ¶ 12 (“[D]etention is arbitrary if it is not subject to periodic re-evaluation of the justification for continuing the detention.”); Rapporteur’s 2012

Amicus Curiae Brief — E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Petitioner v. Travis Abbott, et ux.

Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Aug 4, 2023

Early losses bind the defendant, whereas the plaintiffs—who are inevitably acting in concert through a plaintiffs’ steering committee—are always able to fight another day. … Comcast, 569 U.S. at 33 (cleaned up); Taylor, 553 U.S. at 901 (observing that Rule 23’s rigorous requirements are “grounded in due process”).