Court Cases
Justice
Long Island Care at Home v. Coke
Brennan Center amicus brief asking U.S. Supreme Court to recognize minimum wage rights of home care workers
– 03/27/07
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
DKT v. USAID
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
– 02/27/07
Arar v. Ashcroft (Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of a group of federal judges in support of Maher Arar, a Canadian who was subject to extraordinary rendition to Syria.
– 12/19/06
Woodfin v. Emeryville (Opinion)
– 08/23/06
Boumediene v. Bush
In August 2007, the Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of habeas corpus scholars in the United States and in the United Kingdom, explaining why habeas corpus rights must be granted to individuals held in Guantánamo Bay.
– Decided
Qassim v. Bush (District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals)
On behalf of six judges, the Brennan Center filed in the D.C. Circuit Court an amicus brief that brings light to the dangers of indefinite executive detention and urges the court to place checks on the executive branch.
In Re: Gerald M. (Amicus Brief)
– 02/02/06