Amicus curiae or amicus curiæ (plural amici curiae) is a legal Latin phrase, literally translated as "friend of the court", that refers to someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information on a point of law or some other aspect of the case to assist the court in deciding a matter before it. The information may be a legal opinion in the form of a brief, a testimony that has not been solicited by any of the parties, or a learned treatise on a matter that bears on the case. The decision whether to admit the information lies with the discretion of the court.joe817 wrote:Thanks chambers.
Some interesting things come up when you google the case. One is the SCOTUS docket:
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An interesting line showed up, and I'm not sure what it means:
"Jul 6 2009 Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al. filed. VIDED. "
Can anyone interpret this for me, and what it implies as how Texas is is involved?
I believe this is the brief sited : http://www.chicagoguncase.com/wp-conten ... _stage.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;