Court Cases

United States v. Legal Services of New York City (Amicus Brief)

The Brennan Center represented bar associations, legal services lawyers, and other advocates who intervened as amici in a lawsuit defending the ability of Legal Services for New York City to withhold confidential client information from the Inspector General of the Legal Services Corporation.

April 10, 2001
Closing the Justice Gap
Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Louisiana Supreme Court

A coalition of community activists, students, and law professors - represented by the Brennan Center for Justice and local counsel - filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Louisiana Supreme Court over the Court's amendments to Rule XX, the Court's rule governing the practice of law by law clinic students.

April 19, 1999
Closing the Justice Gap
HUD and Oakland Housing Authority v. Pearlie Rucker (Amicus Brief)

In 1999, the Brennan Center filed an amicus brief on the behalf of four elderly tenants against whom the Oakland Housing Authority filed detainer actions for alleged violations of the "drug-related criminal activity" provisions of their leases.

March 12, 1999
Reducing Mass Incarceration
People of the State of Illinois v. Detra W. (Amicus Brief)

In September 2004, the Brennan Center was a signatory on an amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court of Illinois that argued that a mother's right to retain custody of her children should not be terminated permanently based on a history of incarceration.

November 3, 1987
Reducing Mass Incarceration
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United States v. Legal Services of New York City (Amicus Brief)

Southern Christian Leadership Conference v. Louisiana Supreme Court

HUD and Oakland Housing Authority v. Pearlie Rucker (Amicus Brief)

People of the State of Illinois v. Detra W. (Amicus Brief)

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