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If the government asks the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the current injunction and allow discrimination to continue against LGBT service members, Lambda Legal intends to file an immediate friend-of-the-court brief in opposition to a stay.
Kevin Cathcart: Support LGBTQ Youth: End Discrimination Kevin Cathcart 2010
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The ACLU, along with the National Women's Law Center and joined by 32 other civil rights organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief today supporting the women.
Ariela M. Migdal: Women: Do You Work Just for the Sake of Working? Ariela M. Migdal 2011
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Following a strategy pioneered by Thurgood Marshall and the civil-rights movement, Mr. Marbut rounded up allies to file friend-of-the-court briefs.
A Gun Activist Takes Aim at U.S. Regulatory Power Jess Bravin 2011
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If the government asks the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the current injunction and allow discrimination to continue against LGBT service members, Lambda Legal intends to file an immediate friend-of-the-court brief in opposition to a stay.
Kevin Cathcart: Support LGBTQ Youth: End Discrimination Kevin Cathcart 2010
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If the government asks the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the current injunction and allow discrimination to continue against LGBT service members, Lambda Legal intends to file an immediate friend-of-the-court brief in opposition to a stay.
Kevin Cathcart: Support LGBTQ Youth: End Discrimination Kevin Cathcart 2010
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A coalition of groups, including the National Partnership for Women & Families, unions, and the ACLU, argued in a friend-of-the-court brief:
Michelle Chen: The Right to Be Healthy: Supreme Court Weighs Sick Leave for State Workers Michelle Chen 2012
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Lambda Legal was proud to file a friend-of-the-court brief in this ACLU case.
Jon Davidson: A Slow Death for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Jon Davidson 2010
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Lambda Legal has long fought the military's anti-gay policies and likely will be filing friend-of-the-court briefs in any appeals of the Witt and Log Cabin Republicans decisions.
Jon Davidson: A Slow Death for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Jon Davidson 2010
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The suit has attracted a blizzard of friend-of-the-court briefs on both sides, including from civil-rights groups backing the plaintiffs.
Companies Rally Behind Wal-Mart as Bias Suit Heads to High Court Ann Zimmerman 2011
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If the government asks the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stay the current injunction and allow discrimination to continue against LGBT service members, Lambda Legal intends to file an immediate friend-of-the-court brief in opposition to a stay.
Kevin Cathcart: Support LGBTQ Youth: End Discrimination Kevin Cathcart 2010
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