Definition of Amicus curiae brief

1. Noun. A brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it.

Generic synonyms: Brief, Legal Brief
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

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Literary usage of Amicus curiae brief

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Helping Employers Comply with the ADA: An Assessment of How the United edited by Roy G. Moy (2000)
"EEOC amicus curiae brief, Robert W. Smith v. Midland Brake, Inc., (10th Cir.), Docket No. # 96-3018, Brief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as ..."

2. Helping State and Local Governments Comply with the ADA: An Assessment of edited by Ruby G. Moy (2000)
"EEOC amicus curiae brief, Robert W. Smith v. Midland Brake, Inc., (10th Cir.), Docket No. # 96-3018, Brief of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as ..."

3. State of California Commission on Judicial Performance: 1996 Annual Report by Victoria B. Henley (1998)
"An amicus curiae brief may not be used to present inadmissible or non-admitted evidentiary materials to the commission. A brief of an amicus curiae may be ..."

4. Punitive Damages: Tort Reform & Fda Defenses: Hearings Before the Committee edited by Orrin G. Hatch (1995)
"amicus curiae brief of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the National Association of Manufacturers, the Chemical Manufacturers Association, ..."

5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1920)
"WH Holmes, who submitted an amicus curiae brief in the instant case, was also one of counsel for the respondent Earhart in the Chadwick case and then ..."

6. Human Rights Watch World Report 2005: The Events of 2004 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization (2005)
"... AIRE Centre submitted an amicus curiae brief. In its brief, Human Rights Watch documented the systematic practice of torture in Uzbekistan, a conclusion ..."

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