Increasingly, clients recognize the importance of having a say in cases in which they are not direct parties, but the outcomes of which may affect their interests in profound ways. Our practice includes a robust amici component, representing government officials and bodies and legal and corporate coalitions in presenting the views of interested individuals and entities as friends of the court. Representative appeals in which we have filed briefs on behalf of amici curiae include:
- Courthouse News Service et al. v. Glessner et al., No. 21-1624 (1st Cir.) and Courthouse News Service et al. v. Gabel et al., No. 21-3098 (2d Cir.) (representing the Conference of Chief Justices in First Amendment challenge to court electronic filing rules)
- The Bank of New York Mellon v. Shone, 2020 ME 122 (representing The Maine Bankers Association in foreclosure action)
- Organic Consumers Ass’n v. Mowi ASA, No. 2020 A 003368 B (D.C. Sup. Ct.) (representing non-profit aquaculture trade association in deceptive marketing action)
- Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Yarmouth Board of Health, 2019-P-0020 (Mass. App. Ct.) (representing regional trade association challenging a municipal agency’s administrative proceedings)
- Ross v. Acadian Seaplants, Ltd., 2019 ME 45 (representing Maine Department of Marine Resources in action pending before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court addressing the ownership of seaweed in the intertidal zone and the scope of the public easement under the Colonial Ordinance)
- Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 138 S.Ct. 1719 (2018) (representing GLAD in support of state public accommodation law)
- Appeal of New Hampshire Electric Cooperative, Inc., 164 A.3d 103 (N.H. 2017) (representing utilities in tax appeal)
- State v. Sudsbury, 2016 ME 25 (representing the American Civil Liberties Union in reversal of criminal conviction)
- Galouch v. Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, 2015 ME 44 (representing the Maine State Chamber of Commerce defending against Whistleblowers’ Protection Act claim)
- Bank of America, N.A. v. Cloutier, 2013 ME 17 (representing the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation in foreclosure action)
- Hebron Academy, Inc. v. Town of Hebron, 2013 ME 15 (representing Maine Association of Independent Schools in tax appeal)