Several faculty have submitted briefs in cases before the U.S. Supreme Courts and other federal and state courts. Such briefs advocate for interests of the one or more of the parties in the pending litigation. Positions taken in the briefs do not represent the University of Washington or the School of Law.
Submissions from 2025
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, Race and Law Centers, and Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations in Support of Plaintiff, Jenner & Block v. U.S. Dep't of Justice, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:25-cv-000916-JDB), Charlotte Garden, Jeremiah Chin, Jessica Levin, Melissa Lee, Jim Davy, Robert S. Chang, and Susan McMahon
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, Race and Law Centers, and Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations in Support of Plaintiff, Susan Godfrey LLP v. Executive Office of the President, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Docket No. 1:25-cv-01107-LLA), Charlotte Garden, Jeremiah Chin, Jessica Levin, Melissa Lee, Jim Davy, Robert S. Chang, and Susan McMahon
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, Race and Law Centers, and Civil Rights and Advocacy Organizations in Support of Plaintiff, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP v. Executive Office of the President, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (No. 1:25-cv-000917-RJL), Charlotte Garden, Jeremiah Chin, Jessica Levin, Melissa Lee, Jim Davy, Robert S. Chang, and Susan McMahon
Corrected Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, American Association of University Professors, Center for Civil Rights and Critical Justice, Center for Law, Equity and Race, Center for Racial and Economic Justice, Center on Law, Race & Policy, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, Gibson-Banks Center for Race and the Law, The Lawyering Project, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, and Disability Law United in Support of Plaintiff, Perkins Coie, LLP v. U.S. Department of Justice, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Case No. 1:25-cv-00716-BAH), Charlotte Garden, Jeremiah Chin, Jessica Levin, Melissa Lee, Jim Davy, Robert S. Chang, and Susan McMahon
Brief of Amici Curiae Scholars for the Advancement of Children's Constitutional Rights and Students Engaged in Advancing Texas in Support of Respondents, Mahmoud v. Taylor, U.S. Supreme Court (No. 24-297), Tanya Washington, Jeremiah Chin, Sarah Medina Camiscoli, Travis F. Chance, Amalia Y. Sax-Bolder, and Catherine E. Smith
Submissions from 2024
Brief of Legal Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, Becerra v. Northern Arapaho Tribe, U.S. Supreme Court Docket Nos. 23-250 & 23-253, Gregory Ablavsky, Seth Davis, Patty Ferguson-Bohnee, Ethan J. Leib, Dan Lewerenz, Nazune Menka, Monte Mills, Richard Monette, Joseph William Singer, Gerald Torres, and Rebecca Tsosie
Amicus Brief of Native Nations in Montana, Kathryn Shanley, and Denise Juneau, Held v. State of Montana, Montana Supreme Court Docket No. DA 23-0575, Monte Mills, Jeremiah Chin, Mia Montoya Hammersley, Fredrick Ole Ikayo, Clare Derby, and Natasha De La Cruz
Submissions from 2023
Brief of Tribal Nations and Indian Organizations as Amici Curiae in Support of the Navajo Nation, U.S. Supreme Court Docket No. 21-1484, Monte Mills, Heather D. Whiteman Runs Him, Dylan R. Hedden-Nicely, John E. Echohawk, Steven C. Moore, David L. Gover, Joe M. Tenorio, Ada Montague Stepleton, Morgan E. Saunders, Wesley James Furlong, and Sydney Tarzwell
Brief of Law School Clinics Focused on Civil Rights as Amici Curiae, Portugal v. Franklin County, Washington State Supreme Court Docket No. 100999-2, David B. Owens and Civil Rights and Justice Clinic
Brief of Fourth Amendment Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant-Appellant on the Good Faith Exception Issue, U.S. v. Holcomb, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Docket No. 23-469, David B. Owens, Rachel Nowlin-Sohl, Averill L. Aubrey, Megan Haygood, Kayleigh McNiel, and Michael C. Orehek
Brief for Respondents, Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, 143 S.Ct. 1206 (2023) (No. 21.1496), Eric Schnapper, Keith L. Altman, and Robert J. Tolchin
Reply Brief for Petitioners, Gonzalez v. Google, 143 S.Ct. 1191 (2023) (No. 21-1333), Eric Schnapper, Robert J. Tolchin, and Keith L. Altman
Submissions from 2022
Reply Brief for Petitioners, Gonzalez v. Google, 143 S.Ct. 1191 (2023) (No. 21-1333), Eric Schnapper, Keith L. Altman, Daniel Weininger, and Robert J. Tolchin
Brief in Opposition, Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh, 143 S.Ct. 1206 (2023) (No. 21.1496), Eric Schnapper, Keith L. Altman, and Daniel W. Weininger
Brief for Petitioners, Gonzalez v. Google, 143 S.Ct. 1191 (2023) (No. 21-1333), Eric Schnapper, Robert J. Tolchin, and Keith L. Altman
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Gonzalez v. Google, 143 S.Ct. 1191 (2023) (No. 21-1333), Eric Schnapper, Robert J. Tolchin, Keith L. Altman, and Daniel Weininger
Submissions from 2021
Amicus Curiae Brief of Professors Karen Boxx and Gregory Hicks, May v. County of Spokane, 199 Wash.2d 389 (2022) (No. 99598-2), Karen Boxx and Greg Hicks
Submissions from 2018
Brief in Opposition. Idaho Department of Corrections v. Fuller, 138 S.Ct. 1345 (2018) (No. 17-959), Eric Schnapper, Ericka Birch, and Kass Hartstad
Submissions from 2017
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, Crouse v. Caldwell, 138 S.Ct. 470 (2017) (No. 17-242), Eric Schnapper, Steven H. Goldblatt, Shon Hopwood, Marybeth Mullaney, and Jennifer Munter Stark
Reply Brief. Crouse v. Caldwell, 138 S.Ct. 470 (2017) (No. 17-242), Eric Schnapper, Steven H. Goldblatt, Shon Hopwood, Marybeth Mullaney, and Jennifer Munter Stark
Brief for Respondents. County of Los Angeles v. Mendez, 137 S.Ct. 1539 (2017) (No. 16-3690), 2017 WL 696103, Eric Schnapper, Rachel Lee, Leonard J. Feldman, and Sara Berry
Petitioner's Reply Brief. Riley v. Elkhart Community Schools, 137 S.Ct. 1328 (No. 16-533), 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 593, 2017 WL 712023, Eric Schnapper and Robin Remley
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari. Kirk v. Invesco, Limited, 138 S.Ct. 1164 (2018) (No. 17-762), 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 4618, 2017 WL 5665441, Eric Schnapper and Nitin Sud