ALF Amicus Brief Archive

ALF amicus briefs, archived in reverse chronological order and by mission area, are summarized and accessible below. For more information about ALF’s Amicus Curiae Program, please contact our Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Larry Ebner.

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Illegitimate Expansion of Federal Executive Regulatory Authority Through Vague Reinterpretation

Comment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers concerning “Proposed Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ Under the Clean Water Act,” 40 CFR 230.3.

Limited Government
November 12, 2014
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Yoga For Exercise Is Not Religious

Sedlock v. Baird, No. D064888 (Court of Appeal of the State of California Fourth Appellate District, Division One)

Effective Education, Individual Liberty
October 16, 2014
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Ninth Circuit Allows Unreliable Expert Testimony To Be Presented to Jury

AQM v. City of Pomona

Sound Science
October 14, 2014
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Freight Brokers Vicariously Liable For Carrier Negligence: California Trial Court Creates New Public Policy

KAM-WAY Transportation v. Superior Court (Chavez), No. 220283 (California Supreme Court)

Free Enterprise, Limited Government
August 16, 2014
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Economic Substance Rule: District Court Rewrites Tax Code

American International Group, INC., v. United States of America, No. 14-0765-cv (Second Circuit)

Free Enterprise, Limited Government
July 7, 2014
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Disparate Treatment vs Disparate Impact: Should a Clause Intended To Ban Racial Discrimination Be Interpreted To Encourage It?

Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., No. 13-1371 (Supreme Court) (petition stage)

Free Enterprise, Individual Liberty, Limited Government
June 16, 2014
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Varying Scrutiny: Should The Medium Determine The Level of Protection The First Amendment Affords?

Minority Television v. FCC, No. 13-1123 (Supreme Court) (petition stage)

Individual Liberty
April 18, 2014
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A Single Case Report Does Not Prove Toxicological Causation

Strickland v. Union Carbide (California Supreme Court) (letter)

Sound Science
August 15, 2013
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Are Covenants With The Land Compensable Under The Takings Clause?

Mariner’s Cove v. United States (Supreme Court) (petition stage)

Individual Liberty, Limited Government, Property Rights
July 15, 2013
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