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Appellate Practice

Aug. 29, 2000

Friendly Persuasion

By Marc J. Poster. Appellate courts sometimes have more friends than they know what to do with. Thirty-seven amicus curiae (friend of court) briefs were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 120 S.Ct. 2446 (2000).

        By Marc J. Poster
        
        Appellate courts sometimes have more friends than they know what to do with. Thirty-seven amicus curiae (friend of court) briefs were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 120 S.Ct. 2446 (2000). And that fell far short of the record 78 amicus briefs filed in <...

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