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 GirlsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether a victim of domestic violence may be penalized for "failure to produce records" in an eminent domain suit, where she had lost access to her records when fleeing from her abusive husband.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsDomestic Violence and Children | Parental RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Challenged New York City’s Administration for Children Services’ practice of starting child neglect proceedings against battered mothers on the basis of “allowing” their children to witness domestic violence.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether the prosecution of a domestic violence victim for murdering her husband was impermissibly tainted by the prosecution's baseless suggestions that she worked as a prostitute.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsImmigrationAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined the definition of extreme cruelty under the VAWA provision that protects immigrant victims from deportation and return to their abuser.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsJoined Amicus Brief: Determined the constitutionality of New York State's anti-stalking statute.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsImmigrationJoined Amicus Brief: Determined whether it was proper for a court to hold the victim of domestic violence in contempt of a court order issued to protect her when she reunited with her abuser.
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Fairness in the Courts | Violence Against Women and GirlsInternational Human Rights | Domestic Violence and ChildrenAuthored Amicus Brief: Determined whether domestic violence can present a “grave risk” of harm to children within the meaning of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
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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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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.
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Violence Against Women and GirlsDomestic Violence and Children | Parental RightsAuthored Amicus Brief: Challenged the distinction between minor, or “de minimus,” and “classic” incidents of domestic violence.
