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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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Amicus brief in support of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s appeal of a decision of the Superior Court Panel vacating the sexual assault conviction of three defendants.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsDomestic Violence and ChildrenAuthored Amicus Brief: The brief argues that lower court committed legal error by failing to adequately consider the effects of domestic violence on the child victim when granting unsupervised visitation to Defendant-Appellee.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsChild Abuse | International Human RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether the U.S. government violated international human rights treaties by failing to protect an individual from—and provide a remedy for—domestic violence, when local law enforcement failed to do so.
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Violence Against Women and Girls | Workplace Equality and Economic EmpowermentImmigration | Public Benefits and PovertyAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether the State of Washington can terminate state-funded food assistance to lawfully present immigrants who are ineligible for federally-funded food assistance due to their immigrant status.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsImmigration | Parental RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the constitutionality of Arizona's controversial immigration law, Senate Bill 1070 (S.B. 1070).
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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether the federal domestic violence misdemeanor gun ban law—the Lauternberg Amendment—requires a domestic relationship between the offender and the victim.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether a domestic violence survivor could remove her name from the electronic court record of an eviction complaint to prevent adverse impacts on future house opportunities.
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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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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether the District of Columbia's gun control laws banning private possession of handguns violate the Second Amendment.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether a defendant forfeits the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause right where defendant’s wrongful act caused witness’s unavailability.
