Court Cases

Montejo v. Louisiana (Amicus Brief)

This case tests the ambit of the protection afforded by the Sixth Amendment of right to counsel.

April 14, 2009
Closing the Justice Gap
Reducing Mass Incarceration
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).

April 2, 2009
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice
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.

April 10, 2008
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice
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.

March 21, 2007
Closing the Justice Gap
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.

September 17, 2003
Closing the Justice Gap
Racial Justice

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