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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Equal Educational Opportunities | Fairness in the CourtsAuthored Amicus Brief: Legal Momentum and pro bono partner Latham & Watkins, joined by seven partner organizations, filed an amicus brief in support of a cert petition seeking Supreme Court review of a lower court’s ruling in Bose v. Rhodes College. The petition and our brief challenge an alarming ruling issued by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that threatens to eviscerate Title IX’s core safeguards against sexual harassment in schools.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause prohibit sex discrimination against transgender individuals based on nonconformity to gender stereotypes.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesJoined Amicus Brief: Concerning whether UMW violated Title IX by taking no action to investigate cyber harassment on campus.
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Equal Educational Opportunities | Fairness in the CourtsSex-Based Classification | LGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: G.G., a transgender highschool student, sued the Gloucester County School Board for a Title IX violation after they instituted a policy designed to prevent him from using boys' restrooms.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesRacial JusticeJoined Amicus Brief: Concerned challenging UT Austin's admission plan. The amicus brief was for respondent UT Austin, arguing for the Court to uphold UT Austin’s admission plan and prior Court opinions holding the educational benefits of diversity are a compelling interest permitting colleges and universities to use in narrowly-tailored individualized review of applicants.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesSex-Based ClassificationJoined Amicus Brief: Determines whether a school's policy that prohibits students from wearing certain breast cancer awareness bracelets is based on stereotypes concerning the men and women's roles.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination by federally funded educational institutions, precludes claims of unconstitutional gender discrimination in the schools.
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Equal Educational Opportunities | Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether Arizona State University is liable under Title IX for the rape of a student by another student who was known to be a serial sexual harasser.
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Equal Educational OpportunitiesJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether a state athletic association acts “under color of” state law, 42 U.S.C. §1983, and is therefore subject to constitutional scrutiny.
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Equal Educational Opportunities | Fairness in the CourtsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether a person who is retaliated against for complaining of sex discrimination in federally-funded education programs may bring a lawsuit for damages under Title IX.
