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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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsVAWA Civil Rights RemedyAuthored Amicus Brief: Concerned the right of an abuse victim to tort remedies under the civil rights remedy provision of VAWA.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the right to sue a parish priest and diocese for sexual misconduct and demand civil remedies under VAWA.
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Anti-Choice ViolenceAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the constitutionality under the First Amendment of a city ordinance restricting protester activity near health care facilities and houses of worship.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the right to sue schools for teacher-to-student sexual harassment under Title IX.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the right to sue for civil rights remedies under VAWA and the power of Congress to enact VAWA. The decision was overruled, in part, by the Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Morrison.
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Fairness in the Courts | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentJoined Amicus Brief: Concerned punitive damages in a sexual harassment case.
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Fairness in the CourtsSex-Based Classification | ImmigrationAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether it is constitutional, under the Equal Protection Clause, to enforce different requirements for citizenship on an out-of-wedlock child who is born abroad to a U.S. citizen, depending upon whether the U.S. citizen is the child's mother or father.
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Fairness in the Courts | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentSex-Based Classification | LGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether Title VII's prohibition against workplace sexual harassment applies to same-sex sexual harassment.
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Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentJoined Amicus Brief: Determined an employee's ability to bring discrimination suit in court despite a mandatory arbitration clause in the union contract.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsVAWA Civil Rights RemedyAuthored Amicus Brief: Addressed the Constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act civil rights remedy.
