AMICUS ADVOCACY PROJECT
The Amicus Advocacy Project
An amicus brief comes from the Latin term “amicus curiae” which means “friend of the court.” Although most amicus briefs are persuasively written to support one side of a case, they allow interested, third parties the chance to provide the court with information that is relevant and helpful to the case but that may not otherwise be brought to the court’s attention.
CHILD USA files amicus briefing in cases whose outcomes impact the civil rights of children. We have been delighted to work with numerous attorneys across the United States, and welcome partnerships with law firms to work on pro bono matters with us.
If you are an attorney who needs amicus support or would like your firm to have the opportunity to work on cutting edge amicus briefs involving child protection, please contact us at info@childusa.org.
BRIEFS
John Doe B.P. v. Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Leslie Griffin filed this amicus brief for BishopAccountability.org in support of Certiorari Petition. Made available by the Scholarly Commons @ UNLV Boyd Law: https://scholars.law.unlv.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=scotusbriefs
Brittany Jones v. Cattaragus County School District
CHILD USA filed this amicus brief in support of the Plaintiff-Appellant, urging the Court of Appeals to reject the District Court’s decision that misconstrued the CVA’s revival provision to deny victims long-awaited justice. CHILD USA argues that creating an affirmative defense out of the revival...
J.R. v. Delaware County Department of Human Services, Office of Children and Youth Services
CHILD USA filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees to provide the Commonwealth Court with current research and analysis regarding Pennsylvania’s state tort immunity exception for child sexual abuse claims and arguing that the statutory text and legislative history support...
Cohane v. The Home Missioners of America d/b/a Glenmary Home Missioners
CHILD USA filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff and urged the Court to uphold the constitutionality of North Carolina’s 2019 revival window as applied to all types of defendants. This brief argues that both the statutory text and legislative history clearly support entity liability and...
John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. Twitter, Inc.
CHILD USA, together with experts Hillary Nappi, Esq. and Mary Liu, Esq. filed this amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellants and seeking reversal of the District Court’s decision finding that Section 230 of the CDA barred Plaintiffs-Appellants’ beneficiary-liability sex trafficking claims,...
Family Federation for World Peace and Unification Int., et al. v. Hyun Jin Moon, et al.
CHILD USA together with the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, Zero Abuse Project, and Professor Leslie C. Griffin, drafted this amicus brief asking the Court to reject Defendants claim that purported religious organizations are immune from judicial oversight and ultimately legal...
John Doe v. Snap, Inc. d/b/a Snapchat, L.L.C., d/b/a Snap, L.L.C.
CHILD USA together with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and the Kempe Foundation drafted this amicus brief in support of Petitioners and asking the U.S. Supreme Court to accept certiorari so that it can define the proper scope of Section 230 immunity when social media platforms violate...
West Contra Costa Unified School District v. Contra Costa County Superior Court; Jane Doe A.M.M.,
CHILD USA, together with Public Justice, Equal Rights Advocates, and the National Center for Victims of Crime drafted this amicus brief arguing in favor of the constitutionality of California’s civil revival law for child sexual abuse claims and asking the Court to reject Defendant’s argument that...
State of Nevada v. Meta Platforms, Inc. f/k/a Facebook, Inc.
CHILD USA, together with the National Center on Sexual Exploitation drafted this amicus brief in support of the State of Nevada’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and arguing that Meta is not entitled to immunity from liability for claims arising from their decision to default all messaging to...