Amicus Briefs
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Through its litigation initiatives, Legal Momentum has made historic and enduring contributions to the rights and opportunities available to women. This is often accomplished through participation in cases as amicus curiae ("friend of the court"). Amici are groups or individuals who are not parties to the case but have particular expertise in the issues at its heart. They bring their expertise to the court in the form of an amicus brief to inform the court’s deliberations. Each year Legal Momentum writes and joins numerous amicus briefs in cases dealing with issues central to our mission.
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Reproductive Rights | Public Benefits and PovertyAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the constitutionality of a state regulation that denied Medicaid coverage of medically necessary or therapeutic abortions except in cases where the pregnancy was life threatening or resulted from rape or incest.
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Fairness in the Courts | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether money awarded for lost compensation constitute an element of compensatory, such that it is subject to the Civil Rights Act of 1991's statutory cap on such damages.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether the Boy Scouts of America have a constitutional right to revoke the membership of a scout leader for being gay despite state law prohibiting such discrimination in places of public accommodation.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Concerned whether a school violated the federal Equal Access Act by denying a East High Gay/Straight Alliance permission to meet on school premises.
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Reproductive Rights | Anti-Choice ViolenceAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the Constitutionality of a Colorado statute that protects women’s access to reproductive health services by making it unlawful for an individual to knowingly come closer than eight feet to a person without consent.
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Fairness in the CourtsRights of Pregnant Women | Child AbuseJoined Amicus Brief: Dermined the legality under Ohio law of prosecuting woman for child abuse for ingesting cocaine during pregnancy that was present in newborn child.
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Fairness in the Courts | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentAuthored Amicus Brief: Concerned sexual harassment charges against a judge and the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether New York’s statute of limitations for personal injury claims can be tolled due to psychological disability resulting from domestic abuse.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether, if an employee can show that the employer’s stated reason for firing her was pretext, her case can go to a jury to decide whether the employer unlawfully discriminated.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether the Commerce Clause authorized Congress to enact the Driver's Privacy Protection Act, which protects the private information kept by state driver's license bureaus against commercial use, and whether the statute violated the Tenth or Eleventh Amendment.
