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Brief of the Am. Pub. Health Ass’n and the Nat’l Ass’n of Cnty. & City Health Officials as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellees
Keywords Opioid epidemic; public nuisance; pharmacies; over-dispensing; abatement remedy; addiction treatment; overdose deaths; prescription opioids; recovery services(2023)
Brief of N.Y. Soc’y of Addiction Med., et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
Keywords Opioid dependence; substance use treatment; heroin; imprisonment; criminal justice system; drug distribution; drug possession; relapse; correctional facilities(2023)
Brief of Disability Rts. Tex. & Legal Action Ctr. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
Keywords Alcohol Use Disorder; disability law; ADA Amendments Act ; reasonable accommodation; episodic disability; chronic brain disorder; employment discrimination; group therapy; schedule accommodation; employer obligations(2023)
Amici Curiae Brief of the Innocence Project, Inc. and Washington Innocence Project
Keywords eyewitness identification; wrongful convictions; DNA exonerations; admissibility; suggestive procedures; scientific research(2022)
Brief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Law, Brain & Behavior as Amicus Curiae Supporting Respondent
Keywords death penalty; functional neurological imaging; habeas corpus; brain abnormalities; neurological condition; ineffective assistance of counsel; medical testing(2022)
Brief of Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights & Urban Affairs, ACLU of Maryland, Public Justice Center, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and MD Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant
Keywords camera phones; Black people; law enforcement; reasonable suspicion; high-crime area; unprovoked flight; criminal activity(2022)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
Keywords nervous system; brain plasticity; harmful environments; mental injury; physical injury; solitary confinement; hippocampal shrinkage; social deprivation; chronic stress; brain changes(2022)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
Keywords psychological harm; physical harm; solitary confinement; prolonged isolation; chronic stress; disrupted sleep; sleep deprivation; PTSD; trauma(2022)
[Proposed] Brief of the National Health Law Program, Autism Legal Resource Center, Bazelon Center, Harvard Law CHLPI, Center for Public Representation, DREDF, Health Law Advocates, National Autism Law Center, and The Kennedy Forum as Amici Curiae.
Keywords Mental health treatment; Raytheon health plan; Parity Act violation; disclosure requirements; adverse benefit determination; nonquantitative treatment limitations; mental health discrimination; pleading standards; benefit denial; health plan transparency(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, et al., in Support of Petitioner-Appellants
Keywords minor status; age of majority; age of adulthood; young adult; brain development; recidivism; post-conviction relief(2022)
Brief for Psychology and Neuroscience Scholars in Support of Respondent
Keywords adolescent athletes; prayers; peer pressure; Establishment Clause; neurobiology; coersion; coercive nature of prayers; brain development; adolescent sensitivity to rewards; social approval; adolescent vulnerability; developmental trajectories; dual system; brain imaging(2022)
Brief of Amici Curiae Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality, TeamChild, and Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner
Keywords sentencing; racial disparity; children of color; adultification; adultification; Black youth; race(2022)
Brief of Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner
Keywords mitigation; transfers; diminished culpability; children; Houston-Sconiers; Ramos; presumption of mitigation; adult court(2022)
Brief of King County Department of Public Defense
Keywords adolescents; emerging adulthood; sex offender registration and notification; SORN; 18-year-old; suicide; sexual recidivism; race; Black youth(2022)
Brief of the American Bar Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Keywords adolescent brain development; age 17; mandatory LWOP; mandatory life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); prefrontal cortex(2022)