CHILD USA filed this brief in the Wisconsin Supreme Court in support of Plaintiff-Appellant. Here, CHILD USA considers the legislative history and historical context for Wisconsin's 2003 SOL extension law to support the lower court's ruling that the SOL extension...
Briefs
Aurora Public Schools and David James O’Neill v. Angelica Saupe and Brian Saupe
CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief in response to a constitutional challenge to the CSAAA revival provision. CHILD USA asks the court to uphold the constitutionality of the CSAAA and walks the court through its legislative history, educates the court on the trauma of...
Spencer Elden v. Nirvana, L.L.C., et al.
CHILD USA filed this brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of plaintiff-appellant's appeal for reversal of the District Court's dismissal. Here, CHILD USA argues that the District Court's interpretation of Masha's Law is not...
Rick Jackman, Linda Thompson, and Louisville/Jeff v. Samantha Killary, et al.
CHILD USA wrote this brief urging the Supreme Court of Kentucky to uphold the constitutionality of the state's revival window for child sexual abuse claims. CHILD USA educates the court on the science of trauma that can impact disclosure, the public policy interests...
Hotchalk, Inc. v. Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, et al.
CHILD USA together with the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Zero Abuse Project, Oregon Abuse Advocates & Survivors in Service, National Crime Victim Law Institute, and The National Center for Victims of Crime submitted this amicus brief urging the Court to deny...
John Doe #1 and John Doe #2 v. Twitter Inc.
CHILD USA submitted this brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees arguing that Twitter knowingly operated as a distributor in the modern Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) marketplace and that they should not be immune from liability under the Communications Decency...
Mark Dolgas v. Donald Wales, Tri-Valley Elementary School, Tri-Valley Central School District, and the Board of Education of the Tri-Valley Central School District
CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant arguing that considerations of foreseeability and public policy demand a duty be imposed on educational institutions to compel them to act in furtherance of their child protection responsibilities...
JW Doe v. Archdiocese of New Orleans, et. al.
CHILD USA together with CHILD USAdvocacy, The Center for Child Policy, The Kempe Foundation, and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation wrote this brief in support Plaintiff's Motion seeking to unseal the deposition testimony of Lawrence Hecker, a known pedophile...
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA ET AL. v. THE HONORABLE RANDALL WARNER ET AL./ BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA ET AL. v. THE HONORABLE BRADLEY ASTROWSKY
In 2019, the Arizona General Assembly passed the Arizona Child Protection Act that revived sexual abuse claims for 19 months. Defendant in this case challenged, amongst other points, the constitutionality of the revival provision. CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief,...
LILI BERNARD v. WILLIAM COSBY
In 2019, the New Jersey General Assembly passed N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:14-2b that revived sexual abuse claims for two years. Defendant in this case challenged, amongst other points, the constitutionality of the provision, particularly when it is applied to adult victims...