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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the organization that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that on August 22, 2011, it filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit defending the State of Georgia's immigration law, known as the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 (IIREA). The case is on appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, which enjoined Sections 7 and 8 of the new law, ruling that these provisions were preempted by federal law (Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, et al., vs. Nathan Deal, et al. (No. 11-13044- C)). Section 7 of Georgia's Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 pro...

• U.S. Newswire
• August 30, 2011

• 20 CFR 725.361 - Party amicus curiae.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 20: Employees' Benefits

• Individual Justices and the Solicitor General: The Amicus Curiae Cases, 1953-2000

Deen et al examine trends in individual voting decisions on cases where the solicitor general submitted an amicus curiae brief clearly indicating policy preferences to the Court. Findings reveal that, in general, justices accord the solicitor general's office with a substantial amount of support - the office is supported by every justice from 1953 to 2000 a majority of the time.

• Judicature
• Vol. 89 Nbr. 2, September 2005

• 11th U.S. Foundation Amicus Curiae Brief in Obamacare Lawsuit

TPPF: Medicaid expansion provisions are unconstitutional commandeering of state governments AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has accepted an amicus curiae brief from the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Florida et al v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services et al, the lawsuit by 26 states - including Texas - challenging the constitutionality of the last year's federal health care reform law.

• U.S. Newswire
• May 16, 2011

• Oneida Indian Nation of New York, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, Ray Halbritter, Keller George, Chuck Fougnier, Marilyn John, Clint Hill, Dale Rood, Dick Lynch, Ken Phillips, Beulah Green, Ruth Burr, Brian Patterson, and Iva Rodgers, Consolidated-Defendants-Appellees, v. City of Sherrill, New York, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, Madison County, Amicus Curiae-Appellant, Oneida County, Amicus Curiae, State of New York, Amicus Curiae., 337 F.3d 139 (2nd Cir. 2003)

Michael R. Smith, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, Washington, DC (William W. Taylor, III, David A. Reiser, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appell...

• Federal Circuits

• 5 CFR 1201.34 - Intervenors and amicus curiae.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 5: Administrative Personnel

• Amicus Curiae Briefs: The Court's Perspective

Amicus briefs can affect the perspective from which an appellate court views a case by showing how the decision is important to others not party to the case, by providing additional information and expertise that parties may not have, and by developing legal arguments that parties sometimes cannot. Whereas most studies of amicus curiae briefs focus on the influence of these third-party briefs on decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, this article considers amicus curiae briefs in state appellate courts. Considering amicus briefs from this perspective promises to benefit both courts, because they can encourage the type of amicus briefs they find most helpful, and the organizations that file them, because they will have better information on what appellate courts look for in amicus briefs. ...

• Justice System Journal
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 2, May 2006

• 42 CFR 426.513 - Participation as amicus curiae.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• Oklahoma Supreme Court Denies Chamber Amicus Curiae

The State Chamber of Oklahoma's attempt to file an amicus curiae (Latin for "friend of the court") brief hit a roadblock this week when the Oklahoma Supreme Court denied the group's request. On Thursday the court issued an order telling the state chamber no.

• The Journal Record
• August 20, 2010

• 46 CFR 502.76 - Brief of an amicus curiae.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 46: Shipping