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 | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentSex-Based Classification | LGBTQ+ RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether an employee can bring a claim of gender stereotyping sex discrimination under Title VII even if there is coexisting evidence of sexual orientation discrimination.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: The brief argues that police aressted a woman with no probable cause based on long-discredited beliefs about sexual assault.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Decided the constitutionality of a ban on same-sex marriage in Maryland.
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Fairness in the CourtsSex-Based Classification | LGBTQ+ RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Considered the constitutionality of a Washington state ban on same-sex marriage.
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Fairness in the CourtsReproductive RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the constitutionality of a law requiring parental notice for minor's abortion, where the law has no exception for medical emergencies.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Considered the constitutionality of New Jersey's ban on same sex marriage.
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Fairness in the CourtsSex-Based Classification | LGBTQ+ RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether a landlord's eviction of an organization serving transgendered clients, after the organization refused landlord's demand to bar these clients from common areas of the building, including the entrance and the restrooms, constitutes sex discrimination under New York law.
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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.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether denying same-sex couples the right to marry violated the Oregon Constitution.
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Fairness in the CourtsLGBTQ+ RightsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether it is a violation of equal protection to apply a hundred-year-old Massachusetts law that denies marriage to persons who could not legally marry in their home state to same-sex couples seeking to marry in Massachusetts.