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Submissions from 2024

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Brief for Food and Drug Law Scholars and Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners and Reversal, Rebecca S. Eisenberg

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Brief of Major Cities Chiefs Association; Police Executive Research Forum; and Current and Former National Security Officials, Law Enforcement Officers, and Prosecutors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Barbara McQuade

Submissions from 2023

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Moore v. United States: Brief of Amici Curiae Reuven Avi-Yonah, Clinton G. Wallace & Bret Wells in Support of Respondent, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin: Brief on Behalf of Amici Curiae Professors of Federal Indian Law in Support of Petitioner, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Amici Brief of National Security Experts on Behalf of Neither Party, Barbara McQuade

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Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC: Brief of Amici Curiae 30 Trademark Law Professors in Support of Respondent, Aaron Perzanowski

Submissions from 2022

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Jones v. Hendrix: Brief for Habeas Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Eve Brensike Primus

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Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety: Brief of Scholars of Constitutional Law and the Law of Federal and State Courts as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Evan H. Caminker

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Brief of Amicus Curiae Conference of Chief Justices in Support of Neither Party, Moore v. Harper, No. 21-1271 (U.S. Sept. 6, 2022), Evan Caminker, Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, and Kathleen M. Mueller

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National Pork Producers Council v. Ross: Brief of Professors Barry Friedman and Daniel T. Deacon as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Daniel T. Deacon

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Fitisemanu v. United States: Brief of Citizenship Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Sam Erman

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Haaland v. Brackeen, et al.: Brief of Indian Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Federal and Tribal Defendants, Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Reed v. Goertz: Brief of Federal Courts Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Leah Litman and Eve Brensike Primus

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Haaland v. Brackeen, et al.: Brief of Amici Curiae Administrative Law and Constitutional Law Professors in Support of Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al., and Cherokee Nation, et al., Leah Litman and Daniel T. Deacon

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Hope v. Harris: Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors and Department of Justice Officials in Support of Petitioner, Barbara McQuade

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Biden v. State of Texas: Brief of Administrative Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Nina Mendelson

Submissions from 2021

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United States v. Muhammad: Brief of Evidence Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Richard D. Friedman

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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Brief for Constitutional Law Scholars Lee C. Bollinger, Erwin Chemerinsky, Sherry F. Colb, Michael C. Dorf, Daniel Farber, Joanna L. Grossman, Leah Litman, Martha Minow, Jane S. Schacter, Suzanna Sherry, Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss, and Laurence H. Tribe as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Leah Litman

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Garland v. Gonzalez: Brief for Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Respondents, Leah Litman

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Strain v. Regalado: Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief and Brief of 21 Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Leah Litman

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United States v. Texas: Brief of Legal Scholars Leah Litman, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael C. Dorf, Barry Friedman, and Fred O. Smith as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Leah Litman

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Brief for Plaintiff-Appellee, Carroll v. Trump, No. 20-3977 (2nd Cir. Apr. 16, 2021), Leah Litman, Roberta A. Kaplan, Joshua A. Matz, and Raymond P. Tolentino

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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen: Brief of Amici Curiae Former National Security Officials in Support of Respondents, Barbara L. McQuade

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Thompson v. Clark: Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Petitioner, Barbara L. McQuade

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Ramirez v. Collier: Brief of Scholars of the PLRA and Prison Grievance Systems as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Margo Schlanger

Submissions from 2020

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California v. Texas: Brief for Jonathan H. Adler, Nicholas Bagley, Abbe R. Gluck, and Ilya Somin as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner, Nicholas Bagley

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Trump v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Brief for Nicholas Bagley and Samuel L. Bray as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners, Nicholas Bagley

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Edwards v. Vannoy: Brief of Law Professors and Social Scientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Phoebe C. Ellsworth and Richard O. Lempert

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Pham v. Chavez: Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights First and International Law Scholars in Support of Respondent, James C. Hathaway

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Jones v. Mississippi: Brief of Erwin Chemerinsky, Eric M. Freedman, Craig Futterman, Martin Guggenheim, Bernard E. Harcourt, Shani M. King, Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier, Issa Kohler-Hausmann, Leah Litman, Christopher Seeds, Alison Siegler, Carol Steiker, David A. Strauss, Carlos Manuel Vazquez, Gideon Yaffe, Steven Zeidman as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Leah Litman

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Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas v. Robert R. McCormick Foundation: Brief of Public Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Nina Mendelson

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City of Chicago v. Fulton: Brief of Amici Curiae Professors John A. E. Pottow and Jay Lawrence Westbrook in Support of Respondents, John A.E. Pottow

Submissions from 2019

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R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Brief of Professors Samuel R. Bagenstos, Michael C. Dorf, Martin S. Lederman, Leah M. Litman, and Margo Schlanger as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent Stephens, Sameul Bagenstos, Leah Litman, and Margo Schlanger

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Allen v. Cooper: Brief of Public Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Samuel Bagenstos

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Department of Commerce v. New York: Brief of Nicholas Bagley, Michael Dorf, Aziz Huq, Leah Litman, Gillian Metzger, Jon D. Michaels, Laurence H. Tribe, and Stephen I. Vladeck as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Nicholas Bagley and Leah Litman

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Ramos v. Louisiana: Brief of Law Professors and Social Scientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Phoebe C. Ellsworth and Richard O. Lempert

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Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.: Brief of 65 Intellectual Property Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Jessica Litman

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Hall v. Merrill: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Leah Litman

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June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Gee: Brief for Constitutional Law Scholars Ashutosh Bhagwat, Lee C. Bollinger, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael C. Dorf, Daniel Farber, Joanna L. Grossman, Pamela S. Karlan, Leah Litman, Martha Minow, Jane S. Schacter, Suzanna Sherry, Geoffrey R. Stone, David A. Strauss, Laurence H. Tribe, and Mary Ziegler as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners, Leah Litman

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Mathena v. Malvo: Brief Amici Curiae of Erwin Chemerinsky, Aziz Huq, Leah Litman, David Strauss, Carlos Vazquez, and Larry Yackle in Support of Respondent, Leah Litman

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Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, et al.: Brief for Administrative Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Nina A. Mendelson

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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.: Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors Nina Mendelson, Alan Morrison, Anne Joseph O'Connell, and Peter Strauss in Support of Respondent, Nina A. Mendelson

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United States v. Haymond: Brief of Social Science and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, J. J. Prescott

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Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia: Brief of Statutory Interpretation and Equality Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of the Employees, Richard Primus

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Hamama v. Adducci: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Margo Schlanger

Submissions from 2018

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Loudoun County, Virginia v. Dulles Duty Free, LLC: Brief of Tax Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Dassey v. Dittmann: Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Constitutional Law in Support of Petitioner, Samuel R. Gross and Yale Kamisar

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Cazun v. Sessions: Brief of International and Immigration Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, James C. Hathaway

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Garcia v. Sessions: Brief of Scholars of Immigration and International Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, James C. Hathaway

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Cabrera-Rangel v. United States: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Leah Litman

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Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California: Brief in Opposition for Respondents Dulce Garcia, Miriam Gonzalez Avila, Saul Jimenez Suarez, Viridiana Chabolla Mendoza, Norma Ramirez, Jirayut Latthivongskorn, the County of Santa Clara, and Service Employees International Union Local 521, Leah Litman

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Chandler v. Mississippi: Brief of Amici Curiae Current and Former Prosecutors, Department of Justice Officials, and Judges in Support of Petitioner, Barbara L. McQuade

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Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, nka Old Cold LLC: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner, John A. E. Pottow

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Gundy v. United States: Brief of Scholars Whose Work includes Sex Offense Studies as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, J. J. Prescott

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Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31: Brief of Amici Curiae Economists and Professors of Law and Economics in Support of Respondents, J. J. Prescott

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Vasquez v. Foxx: Brief of Eighteen Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, J. J. Prescott

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Trump v. Hawaii: Brief of Constitutional Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Richard Primus

Submissions from 2017

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South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.: Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors and Economists in Support of Petitioner, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission: Brief of Amici Curiae Public Accommodation Law Scholars in Support of Respondents, Samuel Bagenstos

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Gloucester County School Board v. G. G.: Brief for Professors Samuel Bagenstos, Michael C. Dorf, Martin S. Lederman and Leah M. Litman as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Samuel Bagenstos and Leah Litman

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Castro v. Department of Homeland Security: Brief of Refugee and Human Rights Organizations and Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, James C. Hathaway

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Perez-Guzman v. Sessions: Brief of Scholars of Immigration and International Law as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, James C. Hathaway

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Coventry Health Care, Inc. v. Nevils: Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional and Administrative Law Scholars in Support of Respondent, Nina A. Mendelson

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Carpenter v. United States: Brief of Amici Curiae Empirical Fourth Amendment Scholars in Support of Petitioner, J. J. Prescott

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Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project, et al.: Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief in Three Related Proceedings and Brief of Constitutional Law Scholars as Amici Curiae Opposing the Government's Application for Stay, Richard Primus

Submissions from 2016

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Tucker v. Louisiana: Motion for Leave to File and Brief of Amici Curiae Law and Political Science Scholars in Support of Petitioner, Samuel R. Gross

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Jennings v. Rodriguez: Brief of Amici Curiae Human Rights First and International Law Scholars William Aceves, Denise Gilman, Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, James C. Hathaway, Manfred Nowak, Sarah Paoletti, Nigel Rodley, and Martin Scheinin in Support of Respondents, James C. Hathaway

Submissions from 2015

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King v. Burwell: Brief for Professors Thomas W. Merrill, Gillian E. Metzger, Abbe R. Gluck, and Nicholas Bagley as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents, Nicholas Bagley

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Obergefell v. Hodges, et al.: Brief of Amici Curiae Family Law Scholars in Support of Petitioners, Donald N. Duquette, Suellyn Scarnecchia, and Frank E. Vandervort

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Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin: Brief Amicus Curiae for Richard Lempert in Support of Respondents, Richard O. Lempert

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Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett, et al.: Brief of Bankruptcy Law Professors Robert M. Lawless, Bruce A. Markell, and John A. E. Pottow as Amici Curiae in Support of Affirmance, John A. E. Pottow

Submissions from 2014

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American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.: Brief of 36 Intellectual Property and Copyright Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Jessica Litman

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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.: Brief of Amici Curiae Historians and Legal Scholars Supporting Neither Party, William J. Novak

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Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc.: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Adam C. Pritchard

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Coleman v. Tollefson: Brief Amici Curiae of Thirty-Three Professors in Support of Petitioner, Margo Schlanger

Submissions from 2013

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Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Neither Side, Jessica Litman

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American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant: Brief of Professional Arbitrators and Arbitration Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Theodore J. St. Antoine

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Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Christina B. Whitman

Submissions from 2012

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Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida: Brief of Law Professors Barry Friedman, Matthew Adler, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners and Reversal on the Minimum-Coverage Provision Issue, Richard Primus

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Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Adam C. Pritchard

Submissions from 2011

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Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.: Brief of Public Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Nina A. Mendelson

Submissions from 2009

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Kiyemba v. Obama: Brief of Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Petitioners, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Brief of Jeffrey Abramson, Caroline L. Davidson, Shari S. Diamond, Theodore Eisenberg, Phoebe C. Ellsworth, Samuel R. Gross, Valerie P. Hans, Stephen Kanter, Norbert L. Kerr, Stephan Landsman, Robert J. MacCoun, Susan F. Mandiberg, Margaret L. Paris, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Mary R. Rose, Michael J. Saks, and Neil Vidmar as Amici Curae in Support of Petitioner, Phoebe C. Ellsworth

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Berghuis v. Smith: Brief for Social Scientists, Statisticians, and Law Professors, Jeffrey Fagan, et al., as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondent, Samuel R. Gross

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Carr v. United States: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, J. J. Prescott

Submissions from 2008

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Altria Group, Inc. v. Good: Brief of Amicus Curiae Constitutional and Administrative Law Scholars in Support of Respondents, Nina A. Mendelson

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Wyeth v. Levine: Brief of Amicus Curiae Constitutional and Administrative Law Scholars in Support of Respondent, Nina A. Mendelson

Submissions from 2006

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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Amicus Curiae Brief of Law Professors in Support of Petitioner [Presidential Authority Lacking], Theodore J. St. Antoine

Submissions from 2005

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Holmes v. South Carolina: Brief Amicus Curiae of Forty Professors of Evidence Law in Support of Petitioner, Richard D. Friedman, Samuel R. Gross, Richard O. Lempert, and David A. Moran

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Holmes v. South Carolina: Brief Amicus Curiae of Certain Professors of Evidence Law in Support of Petitioner, Samuel R. Gross

Submissions from 2004

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Rumsfeld v. Padilla: Brief for Amici Curiae Law Professors in Support of Respondent, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah

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Benitez v. Wallis: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Evan Caminker

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Rumsfeld v. Padilla: Brief Amicus Curiae of Comparative Law Scholars and Experts on the Laws of the United Kingdom and Israel in Support of Respondent, Samuel R. Gross and J. Christopher McCrudden

Submissions from 2003

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Lawrence v. Texas: Brief of Amici Curiae Constitutional Law Professors Bruce A. Ackerman, Jack M. Balkin, Derrick A. Bell, Jr., Paul Brest, Evan Caminker, Erwin Chemerinsky, David D. Cole, David B. Cruz, Thomas C. Grey, Pamela S. Karlan, Kenneth L. Karst, Andrew Koppelman, Sanford Levinson, Frank Michelman, William B. Rubenstein, Steven H. Shiffrin, Geoffrey R. Stone, and Kenji Yoshino in Support of Petitioner, Evan Caminker

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Crawford v. Washington: Motion for Leave to File and Brief Amicus Curiae of Law Professors Sherman J. Clark, James J. Duane, Richard D. Friedman, Norman Garland, Gary M. Maveal, Bridget McCormack, David A. Moran, Christopher B. Mueller, and Roger C. Park, in Support of Petitioner, Sherman J. Clark, Richard D. Friedman, and David A. Moran

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Brief for Respondents, Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 US 306 (2003) (No. 02-241)., Maureen E. Mahoney, Evan Caminker, Marvin Krislov, Jonathan Alger, Philip J. Kessler, Leonard M. Niehoff, J. Scott Ballenger, Nathaniel A. Vitan, John H. Pickering, John Payton, Brigida Benitez, Stuart Delery, Craig Goldblatt, Anne Harkavy, and Terry A. Maroney

Submissions from 1999

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United States v. Morrison, et al.: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Evan H. Caminker, Catharine A. MacKinnon, and Christina B. Whitman

Submissions from 1998

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Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Carmichael: Brief Amici Curiae of Neil Vidmar, Richard O. Lempert, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans, Stephan Landsman, Robert MacCoun, Joseph Sanders, Harmon M. Hosch, Saul Kassin, Marc Galanter, Theodore Eisenberg, Stephen Daniels, Edith Greene, Joanne Martin, Steven Penrod, James Richardson, Larry Heuer and Irwin Horowitz in Support of Respondents, Phoebe C. Ellsworth and Richard C. Lempert

Submissions from 1996

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United States v. O'Hagan: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Adam C. Pritchard

Submissions from 1989

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Webster v. Reproductive Health Services: Brief for a Group of American Law Professors as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees, T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Samuel Gross