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Legal Briefs on Behalf of the General Assembly

Standing Rule G.2.e provides that the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly may retain legal counsel and institute or participate in legal proceedings in civil and criminal courts in support of decisions, actions, and programs of the General Assembly.

One vehicle available to carry out that responsibility is the filing of amicus curiae briefs.

More about this process

10/15/24
Apache Stronghold, Petitioner v. United States of America, et al., Respondents; On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Brief of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the Mennonite Church USA, and the Lipan Native American Church as Amici Curiae in support of Petitioner

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11/23/20
Robert Updegrove and Loudoun Multi-Images Llc Doing Business as Bob Updegrove Photography v. Mark R. Herring, in his official capacity as Virginia Attorney General, and R. Thomas Payne, II, in his official capacity as Director of the Virginia Division of Human Rights and Fair Housing

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10/05/19
Department of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners, v. Regents of the University of California, et al. Respondents; Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners, v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, et al., Respondents; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners, v. Martin Jonathan Batalla Vidal, et al., Respondents, on Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District of Columbia and Second Circuits, in the Supreme Court of the United States

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05/23/19
El Paso County Texas, and Border Network for Human Rights, Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States, Defendants. Brief of 49 Religious Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgement or, in the Alternative, a Preliminary Injunction. United States District Court, Western District of El Paso

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05/02/19
State of California, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Donald J. Trump, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Defendants, Brief of 58 Religious Organizations as Amici Curiae in support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Oakland Division

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