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Pro Bono Briefs filed in conjunction with the Yale Law School Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic View Briefs:
BRIEFS IN PRO BONO CASES
    A.A. v. Needville, 2010 WL 2696846 (5th Cir. 2010)
          Amicus Brief
    Al-Marri v. Wright, 534 F.3d 213 (4th Cir. 2008), cert. granted, 2008 WL 4326485 (U.S. Dec. 5, 2008)
          Brief Amicus Curiae of Former Senior Justice Department Officials
    Ali v. Achim, 552 U.S. 1085 (2007) (Mem.)
          Brief for the Petitioner
    Arredondo v. Huibregtse, 542 F.3d 1155 (7th Cir. 2008)
          Appellant's Brief
          Reply Brief
    Arredondo v. Huibregtse, 129 S. Ct. 968 (2009) (mem.)
          Cert Petition
    Astrue v. Capato, (S. Ct. No. 11-159) (pending)
          Brief in Opposition
    Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002)
          Amicus Brief
    Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. 723 (2008)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari
          Brief Amicus Curiae of Retired Military Officers in Support of Petitioners
    Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. v. New York Times Co., 130 S. Ct. 350 (2009) (Mem.)
          Application to Extend Stay
          Reply In Support of Application to Extend Stay
    Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp. v. New York Times Co., 130 S. Ct. 500 (2009) (Mem.)
          Petition for A Writ of Certiorari
    Buonora v. Coggins, 131 S. Ct. 995 (2011) (Mem.)
          Brief in Opposition
    Chavez v. Blue Sky Natural Beverage Co., No. 10-80135 (9th Cir. 2010) (order)
          Rule 23(f) petition
          Reply brief
    City of Chicago v. Morales, 527 U.S. 41 (1999)
          Amicus Brief
    City of Reno v. Conn, 131 S. Ct. 1812 (2011)
          Brief in Opposition
    Claiborne v. United States, 551 U.S. 87 (2007)
          Amicus brief
    Clark v. United States, 129 S. Ct. 1613 (2009)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner
    Commonwealth of Virginia ex rel. Cuccinelli v. Sebelius, 11-1057 & 11-1058 (4th Cir.) (pending)
          Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors
    Conn v. City of Reno, No. 07-15572, 2011 WL 4014336 (9th Cir. Sept. 6, 2011)
          Appellants' Supplemental Brief
    Cullen v. Pinholster, No. 09-1088 (S. Ct.) (pending)
          Amicus Brief
    Cutter v. Wilkinson, 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
          Amicus brief
    Defenders of Wildlife v. Chertoff, 554 U.S. 918 (2008) (Mem.)
          Petition for Certiorari
    Depee v. Mahach-Watkins, 131 S. Ct. 898 (2011) (Mem.)
          Brief in Opposition
    DePierre v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 2225 (2011)
          Petition for Certiorari
          Brief for Petitioner
    District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
          Amicus brief
    El-Masri v. United States, 552 U.S. 947 (2007) (Mem.)
          Amicus brief
    Faulkner v. United States, No. 11-235 (U.S.) (pending)
          Petition for certiorari
    Ferdinand v. Johnson, No. 07-6006 (4th Cir.)
          Brief for Appellant
    Gall v. United States, 128 S. Ct. 586 (2007)
          Amicus brief
    Gardner v. United States, No. 10-1576 (7th Cir.) (pending)
          Brief of Petitioner-Appellant
          Reply brief for Petitioner-Appellant
    George v. Edholm, 2010 WL 5135336 (9th Cir. Dec. 17, 2010)
          Appellant's Replacement Brief
    Gil v. Reed, 535 F.3d 551 (7th Cir. 2008)
          Brief for the Plaintiff-Appellant
    Gonzalez v. Arizona, 624 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir.) (en banc pending)
          Brief for Amici Curiae
    Graham County Soil and Water Conservation Dist. v. United States, ex rel. Wilson, 130 S. Ct. 1396 (2010)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners (merits stage)
    Greenwell v. Parsley, 130 S. Ct. 64 (2009) (Mem.)
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
          Reply Brief for Petitioner (cert stage)
    Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S. Ct. 2749 (2006)
          Amicus Brief
    Harris v. Cotton, 365 F.3d 552 (7th Cir. 2004)
          Brief for Appellant
    Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
    Herrera v. Or., 131 S. Ct. 904 (2011) (Mem.)
          Petition for Certiorari
          Reply Brief (cert. stage)
    Hohn v. United States, 524 U.S. 236 (1998)
          Brief for Petitioner
          Reply Brief for Petitioner
    Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 130 S. Ct. 2705 (2010)
          Amicus Brief
    Holder v. Sawyers, No. 10-1543, 2011 WL 2491573 (U.S. Sept. 27, 2011)
          Brief in Opposition
    Hood v. Tex., 130 S. Ct. 2097 (2010) (Mem.)
          Amicus Brief
    Horne v. Coughlin, 528 U.S. 1052 (1999) (order)
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
    In re Sibley, 564 F.3d 1335 (D.C. Cir. 2009)
          Brief for Court-Appointed Amicus Curiae
    Ingram v. Jones and Rush v. Frank, 507 F.3d 640 (11th Cir. 2007)
          Brief of Petitioners-Appellants
          Reply Brief
    INS v. Elramly, 518 U.S. 1051 (1996) (order)
          Brief for Respondent
    Jogi v. Voges, 425 F.3d 367 (7th Cir. 2005)
          Appellant's Brief
          Reply Brief
    Jones v. Hulick, 449 F.3d 784 (7th Cir. 2006)
          Appellant's Brief
          Appellant's Reply
    Jones v. United States, 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
          Brief for Petitioner
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
          Supplemental Brief
    Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
          Amicus Brief
    Kennedy v. Louisiana, 128 S. Ct. 2641 (2008)
          Amicus Brief (cert stage)
    Kinder v. Geithner, No. 11-1973 (8th Cir.) (pending)
          Amicus Curiae Brief of Constitutional Law Professors
    Krieger v. United States, No. 10-10392, 2011 WL 4530597 (U.S. Oct. 3, 2011)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioner (petition stage)
    Lauderdale v. Papadopoulos, No. 06-20879 (5th Cir.) (pending)
          Appellant's opening brief
          Reply Brief
    Leclerc v. Webb, 127 S. Ct. 344 (2006)
          Petition for Writ of Certiorari
    Lenover v. United States, 363 Fed. Appx. 400, 2010 WL 323516 (7th Cir. 2010)
          Brief for Movant-Appellant
          Reply Brief for Movant-Appellant
    Liberty Univ., Inc. v. Geithner, No. 10-2347, 2011 WL 3962915 (4th Cir. Sept. 8, 2011)
          Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors
    Los Angeles County v. Humphries, 131 S Ct. 447 (2010)
          Brief for Respondents
    Matter of Laura D. Blackburne, 7 N.Y.3d 213 (2006)
          Brief Amicus Curiae of the NAACP in Support of Petitioner
    Mazza v. American Honda Motor Co., No. 09-55376 (9th Cir.) (pending)
          Appellant's Opening Brief
          Appellant's Reply Brief
    Montana v. Egelhoff, 518 U.S. 37 (1996)
          Amicus Brief
    Morales v. Jett, 07-1284 (U.S.) (voluntarily dismissed)
          Petition for Certiorari
    Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
          Brief for the Petitioner
          Reply Brief for Petitioner
    New York v. Wingfield, No. 4039/2006 (N.Y. App. Div. 1st Dep't) (pending)
          Appellant's Brief
          Appellant’s Reply Brief
    Nnebe v. Daus, No. 09-4305 (2d Cir.)
          Amicus Brief
    N.Y. State Board of Elections v. Torres, 128 S. Ct. 791 (2008)
          Amicus Brief
    Odah v. United States , 124 S. Ct. 2686 (2004)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari
    Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1, 127 S. Ct. 2738 (2007)
          Amicus Brief
    Parker v. District of Columbia, 128 S. Ct. 2783 (2008)
          Amicus Brief
    People v. DiGuglielmo, 2011 NY Slip Op. 5364, 2011 N.Y. LEXIS 1705 (N.Y. Ct. of Appeals June 23, 2011)
          Reply Brief for Defendant-Appellant
    Pepper v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 1229 (2011)
          Amicus Brief
    Riggs v. Fairman, 399 F.3d 1179, reh'g granted, 430 F.3d 1222 (9th Cir. 2005) (voluntarily dismissed)
          Petition for rehearing en banc
    Schafer v. Astrue, No. 10-1500 (4th Cir.) (pending)
          Petition for rehearing en banc
    Romanelli v. Suliene, 615 F.3d 847 (7th Cir. 2010)
          Reply Brief
    Salem v. Holder, No. 11-206 (U.S.) (pending)
          Petition for Certiorari
    Schafer v. Astrue, No. 11-824 (pending)
          Petition for Certiorari
    Schriro v. Landrigan, 550 U.S. 465 (2007)
          Amicus Brief
    Schwarzenegger v. Entm't Merchants Ass'n, No. 08-1448 (U.S. Sup. Ct.) (pending)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Respondents (merits stage)
    Seegers v. Gonzales, 413 F.3d 1 (D.C. Cir. 2005)
          Amicus Brief
    Seven-Sky v. Holder, No. 11-5047 (D.C. Cir.) (pending)
          Amicus Curiae Brief of Constitutional Law Professors
    Shell v. United States, 2006 WL 1389606 (7th Cir. 2006)
          Appellant's Brief
          Appellant's Reply
    Simpson v. Chesterfield Cty. Bd. Of Supervisors, 126 S. Ct. 426 (2005) (certiorari denied)
          Amicus brief
    Smothers v. McCaughtry, 418 F.3d 711 (7th Cir. 2005)
          Brief of Petitioner-Appellee
    Smothers v. McCaughtry, 126 S. Ct. 1582 (2006)
          Petition for Certiorari
    Snyder v. Phelps, No. 09-751 (U.S. Sup. Ct.) (pending)
          Amicus Brief
    Sole v. Wyner, No. 06-531 (U.S. Sup. Ct.)
          Amicus Brief
    Spavone v. NY Dep't of Corrections, No. 11-617 (2d Cir.) (pending)
          Brief for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives v. Flores, 129 S. Ct. 2579 (2009)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners (merits stage)
    State v. Drahota, 280 Neb. 627 (2010)
          Petition for Further Review
          Appellant's Brief
    Stefonek v. United States, 528 U.S. 1162 (2000) (order)
          Reply Brief
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
    Sullivan v. Florida, and Graham v. Florida, 130 S. Ct. 2011 (2010)
          Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners
    Tachiona v. United States, 126 S. Ct. 2020 (2006)
          Amicus Brief
    Thomas More Law Center v. Obama, 651 F.3d 529 (6th Cir. 2011)
          Amicus Curiae Brief Of Constitutional Law Professors
    Thomas v. State of Louisiana, Department of Social Services, 131 S. Ct. 3062 (Mem.)
          Petition for Writ of Certiorari
    Traore v. Mukasey, 272 F. App'x 294 (4th Cir. 2008)
          Amicus brief
    United States v. Faulkner , No. 10-1271 (8th Cir. 2011)
          Petition for Rehearing En Banc
    United States v. Haynes, 582 F.3d 686 (7th Cir. 2009)
          Appellant's Brief
          Appellant's Reply Brief
    United States v. Nacchio, 535 F.3d 1165 (10th Cir. 2008) (order)
          Amicus Brief
    United States v. Rodriquez, 128 S. Ct. 1783 (2008)
          Brief in Opposition
          Brief for the Respondent
    United States v. Stevens, No. 08-769
          amicus brief
    Florida ex rel. Att’y Gen. v. US Dep’t of Health and Human Servs., 648 F.3d 1235 (11th Cir. 2011)
          Amicus Brief
    Watchtower Bible & Tract Soc'y v. Antonio Segardia de Jesus, No. 09-2273 (1st Cir.) (pending)
          Amicus Brief
    Williams v. California Dept. of Corrections & Rehab., No. 10-15139 (9th Cir.) (pending)
          Appellant's Brief
    Williams v. New York City Transit Authority, 31 A.D.3d 631, 817 N.Y.S.2d 920 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 2006)
          Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant
          Reply Brief for Plaintiff-Appellant
    DiGuglielmo v. New York, No. 11-369 (S. Ct.) (pending)
          Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
    Nielson v. Ketchum, No. 11-680 (S. Ct.) (pending)
          Petition for Certiorari

 
 
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