For most of its history the Council has engaged in legal issues on only a limited basis. The Council works with outside counsel to prepare and distribute background memoranda on issues of interest to members. Occasionally, the Council files amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs on policy issues in which the Council has taken an active role.
| Amicus Briefs |
| Aug. 11, 2011 |
New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. RALI Series 2006-QO1 Trust
Related documents: Motion for leave to file brief in support of plaintiffs-appellants
Court orders relating to the Council’s Haborview/RALI amicus briefs
RALI motion in opposition to the Council's Amicus in support of plaintiffs-appellants |
| Aug. 11, 2011 |
New Jersey Carpenters Vacation Fund v. HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust
Related documents: Motion for leave to file brief in support of plaintiffs-appellants
Court orders relating to the Council’s Haborview/RALI amicus briefs |
| Jan. 27, 2011 |
Business Roundtable and Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Nov. 2, 2010 |
Janus Capital Group, Inc. & Janus Capital Management LLC v. First Derivative Traders, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
| Oct. 29, 2009 |
Merck & Co., Inc. v. Richard Reynolds, Supreme Court of the United States |
| Oct. 20, 2009 |
Free Enterprise Fund and Beckstead and Watts, LLP v. PCAOB and United States of America, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia |
| April 20, 2009 |
New York State Teachers' Retirement System v. The Mercury Pension Fund Group, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Feb. 21, 2008 |
Free Enterprise Fund v. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit |
| June 11, 2007 |
Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlantic, Inc. and Motorola, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States |
| March 9, 2007 |
Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., Supreme Court of the United States |
| Sept.1, 2006 |
Free Enterprise Fund v. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, United States District Court for the District of Columbia |
