Amicus Briefs

Resources

• Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 144,855kb]
  ADEA: Age as factor in retirement plans—facial discrimination
  
• BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles v. EEOC (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 107,523kb]
  Employment—Title VII—Final decisionmaker liability for racial animus of subordinates.
  
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 et al. and Crystal Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education et al. (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 95,794kb]
  Equal protection: constitutionality of voluntary student assignment plans that use race to promote diversity
  
• Comfort v. Lynn School Committee (1st Cir.) [PDF 1,916,008kb]
  Diversity: Racial Discrimination - Student assignment plan - Equal Protection
  
• McFarland, et al. v. Jefferson County Public Schools (6th Cir.) [PDF 347,390kb]
  Diversity: use of student race as factor in school assignments; lead amicus Council of the Great City Schools.
  
• Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 442,427kb]
  Title IX: third party private right of action for retaliation
  
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (9th Cir.) [PDF 43,052kb]
  Diversity: use of student race as factor in school assignments; lead amicus Council of the Great City Schools.
  
• Comfort v. Lynn (1st Cir.) [PDF 2,477,026kb]
  Diversity: use of student race as factor in school assignments; supplemental brief; lead amicus Council of the Great City Schools.
  
• Grutter v. Bollinger, Gratz v. Bollinger (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [PDF 151,883kb]
  Equal protection: affirmative action - use of race as a factor in admissions process for purposes of fostering diversity.
  
• The Good News Club v. Milford Central School District (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [HTML 42,779kb]
  First Amendment: religion, speech - school policy prohibiting student religious clubs meeting in school facilities after hours -viewpoint discrimination.
  
• Fuller v. Decatur Public School Board of Education (7th Cir.) [HTML 31,914kb]
  Due process, equal protection: zero tolerance policies - expulsion for fighting at school activitity - racial discrimination.
  
• Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [HTML 43,045kb]
  Title IX: school district's liability for known student-on-student sexual harassment.
  
• Grace Tuttle et al. v. The Arlington County Public Schools (4th Cir.) [HTML 47,961kb]
  Equal protection: school district's use of race as factor in assigning students to magnet school programs.
  
• Piscataway v. Sharon Taxman (U.S. Sup. Ct.) [HTML 25,530kb]
  Equal protection: affirmative action, employment - use of race as a factor in determining which teacher to retain.