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  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Dec 26, 2024

    Sess., Act No. 2 (SB8) .......................................................... 1, 4 Act No. 236, passed 17 July 1924, in ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AT THE REGULAR SESSION … ACTS AND TREATIES 219 (2014). 70 Act No. 236, passed 17 July 1924, in ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AT THE REGULAR 71 27 the latter half of the 20th century, the coherence

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Maxwell-Jolly v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2011

    In contrast to the later Supremacy Clause, not all Acts of Parliament were superior to colonial law. … The questions of imperial administration that appeared during the colonial period surfaced once again in designing a federal union.

    562 U.S. 1177
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Textron Inc. v. United States

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2010

    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act also effectively requires businesses to undertake internal investigations. … See id. at 1199-200; see also Anne King, Comment, The Common Interest Doctrine and Disclosures during Negotiations for Substantial Transactions, 74 U. Chi. L.

    560 U.S. 924
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1975

    Continental Air Lines, Inc., 372 U.S. 714, 723-724.” 21 clude him from membership on the Chicago Merean- tile Exchange, a designated contract market under the Commodity Exchange Act, 42 Stat. 998, … Under the Silver test, such a transition period might be justified on a proper record.

    422 U.S. 659
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States v. Texas, 136 S. Ct. 2271 (2016) (No. 15-674)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2016

    This is in direct conflict with the purpose for which the [Immigration and Nationality Act] was enacted.”). INS published FAIR’s petition in the Federal Register and solicited public comments. … Shortly after Congress enacted IRCA, INS extended the comment period on the FAIR petition, noting that IRCA’s recognition of the Attorney General’s power to grant work authorization “appears to have

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1993

    Air Courier Conf. cf America Vv. American Postal Workers’ Union, 1! S. Ct. 913 (1991) . Aptheker v. … See Air Courier Conf. of America Vv. American Postal Workers’ Union, 111 8. Ct. 913, 917 (1991).

    506 U.S. 263
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — General Dynamics Corp. v. Trevino

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1989

    Under this test, a government 2 See e.g., Comments of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States on H.R. 2579, the “Defense Contractor Whistleblower Act of 1989,” submitted to the House Committee … The cause of death was attributed to the failure of the ventilation valve of the diving chamber to be fully opened, which prevented air from entering the chamber while releasing water from it.

    493 U.S. 935
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Learning Resources, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Sep 23, 2025

    App. 27a (cleaned up).) Again, the Federal Circuit did not say that Section 338 “permitted” the President to impose tariffs; the court said it “permits” him to do so. … In addition, while Section 338 refers to a 30-day period between proclamation and collection of tariffs, see 19 U.S.C. § 1338(d), all of President Trump’s worldwide country-specific reciprocal tariffs

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — South Point Energy Center LLC, Petitioner v. Arizona Department of Revenue, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Apr 30, 2025

    . § 1508.1(w) ................................................... 10 Act of Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 615, 69 Stat. 539 ..................... 5 Act of Feb. 28, 1891, ch. 383, § 3, 26 Stat. 795 ....... 5, 21 Act … Under the 1955 Leasing Statute, lease periods may be “up to 25 years, with an option to renew for another 25year period.” Reid Peyton Chambers & Monroe E.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — reVamped LLC, a Minnesota Limited Liability Company, et al., Petitioners v. City of Pipestone, Minnesota, et al.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · May 12, 2026

    The Lower Courts Failed to Apply The Federal Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983). Pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress acted to provide protection for rights guaranteed by the U.S. … Nor was that the first time the Court commented on the issue. In Barron v.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Overton v. Bazzetta

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2003

    During the same period Pennsylvania developed a system in which prisoners were isolated during the entire period of imprisonment. … It is as if marijuana use were punished on the ground that such use acted as a gateway to the use of heroin, but heroin use itself was not similarly punished.

    539 U.S. 126
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Hj Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1989

    Ga. 1987) . eiemldinialeminimation: Lipin Enterprises, Ine. v. _— 803 F.2d 322 bites 2 ee LR Liquid Air sain v. … Mendel, 835 F.2d 63, 66 (3rd Cir. 1987) (“poses or posed”); Liquid Air Corp. v.

    492 U.S. 229
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — UNUM Life Ins. Co. of America v. Ward

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1999

    Delta Air Lines, Inc., 463 U.S. 85 17 (1983) 8,9, 28, 28 Shell Oil Co. v. Winterthur Swiss Ins. Co., 12 Cal. App. 4th 715 (Ct. App. 1998) 12 Sheridan v. … In April 1994, while cleaning out a safety deposit box, he came across a booklet summarizing the disability plan, at which time he again contacted MAC’s human resources department to inquire whether

    526 U.S. 358
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants of Bestwall LLC, Petitioner v. Bestwall LLC

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Mar 25, 2026

    Id. at 26 (citing Bankruptcy Act of 1898, ch. 541, § 67e, 30 Stat. 544, 564, amended by, Act of June 22, 1938 (Chandler Act), ch. 575, 52 Stat. 840, repealed by, Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, Pub. … Commentators have noted this forum-shopping problem as well. See Francus, Designing Designer Bankruptcy, 102 Tex. L.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Rumsfeld v. Padilla

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2004

    General comments can be found at http//www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm. … [and] there is no exception to this rule for the acts of the CLA”); Johnson v.

    542 U.S. 426
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Viking River Cruises, Inc., Petitioner v. Angie Moriana

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · Mar 9, 2022

    tens of millions of dollars in wages, damages and penalties for violations of California’s basic labor law protections and, put money back into the pockets of the workers who raise or serve our food, clean … Rptr. 3d 228, 242 (Cal. 2019). 9 5 necessarily elevates the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”)—an act of Congress that does not address, much less pre-empt, state governance of minimum wages and working

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — TENN. SEC. SCHOOL ATHLETIC v. Brentwood Acad.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2007

    The clean distinction between sovereign state action and contractual state action makes much more sense than the Sixth Circuit’s haphazard taxonomy of government-citizen relationships. … In both roles, TSSAA acts as an educator and an education policymaker.

    551 U.S. 291
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States v. United States Dist. Court for Eastern Dist. of Mich.

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1972

    Whether in- termittent or repeated, the act or acts tending to. … Consider the comments of Rep.

    407 U.S. 297
  • Amicus Curiae Brief — Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 135 S. Ct. 885 (2014) (No. 14-181)

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 2014

    Delta Air Lines, Inc., re ER i ncntsnnsericisnaniimseceensesssnons Page(s) iv TABLE OF AUTHORITIES—continued Page(s) Varity Corp. v. … And in some states, certain changes to APCD regulations can be made without even needing to go through notice-and- comment rulemaking.

  • Amicus Curiae Brief — United States v. Alvarez-Machain

    Supreme Court brief · Amicus Curiae Brief · 1992

    Air France v. Saks, 470 U.S. 392, 399 (1985). In Factor v. … In 1985, Abraham Sofaer, then the legal advisor to the State Department, further commented: ...

    504 U.S. 655

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