Court Cases
Civil Justice
North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC) Complaint
The Brennan Center works to ensure access to legal representation and enforcement of labor rights for workers in the United States on H2-B visas.
– 10/27/09
Lochren v. County of Suffolk (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison filed an amicus brief, on behalf of 30 public interest organizations and law firms asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for en banc consideration of the standard for awarding attorneys’ fees that the Court adopted in Lochren v. County of Suffolk.
– 10/27/09
Milavetz v. U.S.A. (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center, along with the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the Connecticut Bar Association, and AARP, filed an amicus brief in a case challenging the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, a law that contains provisions imposing various restrictions on the speech and activities bankruptcy attorneys.
– 08/28/09
Montejo v. Louisiana (Amicus Brief)
This case tests the ambit of the protection afforded by the Sixth Amendment of right to counsel.
– 04/14/09
Dobbins/Velazquez v. Legal Services Corporation
This lawsuit challenges restrictions on civil legal aid programs that receive some of their funding from the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC).
– Ongoing
Arbor Hill v. Albany (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center and allies filed an amicus brief emphasizing the importance of attorneys’ fee awards in enabling law firms to take civil rights cases and those cases benefiting low-income people.
– 04/10/08
King v. King (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in this case is support of a right to counsel claim by an indigent parent seeking child custody.
– 03/21/07
Inter-American Court of Human Rights - Immigrant Rights
The Brennan Center participated in an amicus brief in support of a Mexican government petition to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights alleging that various types of U.S. discrimination against undocumented immigrants violate international human rights instruments.
– 09/17/03
Sanchez v. Turner
The Brennan Center represented federal and state welfare benefits applicants and the advocacy organization, Make the Road by Walking, in a lawsuit against New York City to allow advocates to set up help desks in the public areas of benefits offices
– 12/10/02
People of the State of New York v. Nicholson McCoy (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of Sharwline Nicholson, a mother who lost custody of her children due to alleged neglect, arguing in favor of a parent’s right to counsel in cases involving termination of parental rights.
– 10/16/02