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Written Statement of NACDL member John D. Cline, Esq. of San Francisco, CA before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: Reform of the Federal Criminal Code
Written Statement of Steven D. Benjamin on behalf of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Before the House Committee on the Judiciary Over-Criminalization Task Force Re: “The Crimes on the Books and Committee Jurisdiction”
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Cato Institute in Support of Appellee and Urging Affirmance.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Respondent.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner John Yates.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petition for Writ of Certiorari.
Brief in Support of Appellant by Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellant’s Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant David Newland.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Appellant.
Brief for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Brief of Electronic Frontier Foundation and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant