AALL Washington Affairs Briefs

February 27, 2008 Joint Brief of Amici Curiae in the Supreme Court of the United States by the National Security Archive, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and OpenTheGovernment.org,

In Support of Petitioner in Taylor v. Sturgell [ PDF ]

January 11, 2008 Joint Brief on Behalf of Google Inc.,
Computer & Communications Industry Association, American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al

In Support of Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Explorologist Limited v. Brian Sapient a/k/a/ Brian J. Cutler [ PDF ]

October 18, 2007 Joint Library, Archives Amicus Brief for
Rehearing En Banc to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

In Support of Defendants-Appellants in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society [ PDF ]

November 13, 2006 Joint Brief on Behalf of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, American Association of Law Libraries, American
Library Association, et al

In Support of Petitioner for Writ of Certiorari to U.S. Supreme Court in John Gilmore v. Gonzales [ PDF ]

July 20, 2006 Joint Amicus Brief to U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit

In Support of Defendant-Appellee in Perfect 10, Inc. v. Google, Inc. [ PDF ]

June 7, 2006 Joint Library, Archives Amicus Brief to
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

In Support of Defendant-Appellee in Greenberg v. National Geographic Society [ PDF ]

September 28, 2005 Joint Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court with American Antitrust Institute

In Support of Respondent in Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink [ PDF ]

March 1, 2005 Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union, American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al,

In Support of Respondents in MGM Studios v. Grokster [ PDF ]

November 29, 2004 Amicus Brief on Behalf of AALL, American Library Association, et al,

In Support of Respondents Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc., In Re: Richard B. Cheney, Vice-President of the United States, et. al., On Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to and Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, et al. [ PDF ]

October 4, 2004 Amicus Brief on Behalf of American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al,

Opening Brief of Petitioners American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al, vs. Federal Communications Commission, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [ PDF ]

June 28, 2004 Amicus Brief on Behalf of American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al,

In Support of Defendants-Appellees and Affirmance of the Judgment in Douglas Faulkner, et al v. National Geographic Society, et al on Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. [ PDF ]

March 11, 2004 AALL Participates in Amicus Brief [Press Release]

In Support of the Sierra Club and Judicial Watch, Inc. in Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, et. al., v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

November 17, 2003 Amicus Brief on Behalf of American Library
Association, American Association of Law Libraries, et al,

In Support of Plaintiff in Pacific Bell Internet Services v. Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., United States District Court for the Northern District of California [ PDF ]

September 26, 2003 Amicus Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union, American Library Associatio, American Association of Law Libraries, et al,

In Support of Defendants-Appellees
and Urging Affirmance of the District Court's Grant of Partial Summary Judgement in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, LTD and Jerry Leiber v. Grokster, LTD, on Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. [ PDF ]

August 25, 2003 Amicus Brief on Behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries Special Interest Sections on Social Responsibilities and Legal Information Services to the Public,

In Support of Appellants in Gregory Henderson, et al., v. James V. Crosby, Jr. et al, on Appeal from a Final Judgment of the Second Judicial Circuit Court In and For Leon County, Florida [ PDF ]

May 16, 2003 Amicus Brief with the EFF and 43 other
organizations in RIIA v. Verizon

to Protect First Amendment
Anonymity and Privacy Rights [ PDF ]

June 2, 2003 Amicus Brief on Behalf of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Association of
Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of
Research Libraries,

In Support of Petitioner for Writ of Certiorari
to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in
Baystate Technologies, Inc. v. Harold L. Bowers [ PDF ]

February 14, 2003 Amicus Brief on Behalf of the
American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries,
American Association of Law Libraries, Digital Future Coaling,
Public Knowledge, et al

In support of Petition for Write of Certiorari
in Dastar Corporation v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation [ PDF ]

August 28, 2002 Amicus Brief on Behalf of the Center for
Democracy & Technology, the American Association of Law Libraries, et al

on Remand to the Third Circuit in support of Plaintiffs
in American Civil Liberties Union v. John Ashcroft [ PDF ]

May 20, 2002 Amicus Brief on behalf of the Digital Future Coalition,
National Writers Union, Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility, Center for the Public Domain, et al

in Support of Petitioners
in Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft [ PDF ]

May 20, 2002 Amicus Brief on behalf of the American Association
of Law Libraries, American Historical Association,
American Library Association, Art Libraries Society
of North America, et al

in Support of Petitioners
in Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft [ PDF ]

February 4, 2002 Amicus Brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation, ACM Committee on Computing Law and Technology,
American Association of Law Libraries, Consumer Project
on Technology, Electronic Privacy Information Center,
Music Library Association, and U.S. Public Policy Committee of ACM

in Support of Motion to Dismiss in United States
of America v. Elcom LTD., a/k/a Elcomsoft Co., LTD.,
and Dmitry Sklyarov [ PDF ]

December 20, 2001 Amicus Brief on behalf of the Digital
Future Coalition, American Library Association, Association of
Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries,
Medical Library Association, and the Society of American Archivists

in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari
in Eric Eldred v. John D. Ashcroft. [ PDF ]

November 26, 1997 United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Brief for Amici Curiae in
HYPERLAW, INC. v. WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY