Amicus Briefs Filed in 2012

The Amicus Curiae Committee’s mission is to provide amicus assistance on the federal and state level in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal justice system as a whole. Membership in NACDL is not a prerequisite either for amicus assistance from the Committee, or for authorship of an NACDL amicus brief.

 

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Alleyne v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders in support of Petitioner.

Allshouse v. Pennsylvania

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Defender Association of Philadelphia, and the Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania in support of the petition for certiorari.

Arizona v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the respondent, United States of America.

Bailey v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari. 

Boyer v. Louisiana

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Former Chief Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court in support of Petitioner.

Brooks v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari; joint brief also filed in support of the petition in Walton v. United States, No. 12-5847.

Chaidez v. United States,

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Immigrant Defense Project in support the of the petition for writ of certiorari. 

Clapper v. Amnesty International USA

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of respondents.

Descamps v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders in support of Petitioner.

Dorsey v. United States and Hill v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Federal Defenders in support of petititoners.

Elashi v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Evans v. Michigan

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Florida v. Harris

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Ass’n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida in support of the respondent.

Florida v. Jardines

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the respondent.

Gabelli v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioners.

Henderson v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of petitioner.

Johnson v. Williams

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Respondent.

Kaley v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of petition for writ of certiorari. 

King v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Cato Institute and the Texas Public Policy Foundation in support of the petition for certiorari.

Mehanna v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Appellant Tarek Mehanna and reversal of his conviction.

Miller v. Louisiana

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Oregon Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Missouri v. McNeely

Amicus curiae brief of the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Respondent.

Pickering v. Colorado

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Pleau v. United States and Chafee v. United States

Amicus Curiae brief of the Rhode Island ACLU; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; National Legal Aid & Defender Association; Office of the Federal Defender for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Office of the Federal Defender of the District of Maine; Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; and Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico in support of the petitions for certiorari.

Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida v. State, Fla.

Amicus curiae brief of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Public Interest Law Section of the Florida Bar, University of Miami School of Law Center for Ethics and Public Service, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Brennan Center for Justice, and the Constitution Project in support of petitioner.

Rhodes v. Judiscak

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for writ of certiorari.

Robbins v. Texas

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Rubashkin v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Aleph Institute in support of the petition for certiorari. 

Salinas v. Texas

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer in support of the petition for certiorari.

Shaygan v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Simels v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari.

Simon v. City of New York

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation in support of plaintiff-appellant.

Smith v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Southern Union Co. v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petitioner, Southern Union Co.

State v. Norfolk

Amicus curiae brief of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

United States v. Alvarez

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of respondent Xavier Alvarez. 

United States v. Behenna

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.

United States v. Charles E. Coughlin

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant.

United States v. Katzin

Joint Amicus curiae brief of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, the ACLU Foundation of Pennsylvania, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of affirmance of the district court. 

United States v. Pleau (Lincoln D. Chaffee, Gov., Intervenor)

Amicus curiae brief of ACLU Rhode Island, ACLU of Puerto Rico, ACLU of Maine, ACLU of Massachusetts, New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union, Office of the Federal Defender for the Districts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Rhode Island Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico (also known as the Puerto Rico Bar Association) in support of Jason Wayne Pleau and supporting reversal of the decision below.

United States v. Quinn

Brief on rehearing en banc for Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of appellant. 

United States v. Ring

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Center for Competitive Politics in support of appellant.

United States v. Vasquez

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari and urging reversal.

United States. v. Llanez-Garcia

Brief of Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Interested Party-Appellant and Reversal of the District Court Decision.

Walton v. United States

Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for certiorari; joint brief also filed in support of the petition in Brooks v. United States, No. 12-218.