6 Cited authorities

  1. Ryan v. Commodity Futures Trading Com'n

    125 F.3d 1062 (7th Cir. 1997)   Cited 107 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an amicus brief should be allowed when the amicus has unique information or perspective that can help the court beyond that the lawyers or the parties are able to provide
  2. Citizens Against Cas. Gam., Erie Co. v. Kempthorne

    471 F. Supp. 2d 295 (W.D.N.Y. 2007)   Cited 40 times
    Determining that the NIGC had to make an Indian lands determination prior to approving a non-site-specific ordinance
  3. U.S. v. Ahmed

    788 F. Supp. 196 (S.D.N.Y. 1992)   Cited 51 times
    Holding that " rejection of defendant's claims under [recusal] sections 144 and 455 ' a fortiori defeats his due process allegations.'"
  4. U.S. v. Ahmed

    980 F.2d 161 (2d Cir. 1992)   Cited 36 times
    Finding issue involving judge's refusal to recuse himself to have been rendered moot by the trial court's subsequent order which directed the clerk of the court to re-assign the case to a different judge
  5. Leigh v. Engle

    535 F. Supp. 418 (N.D. Ill. 1982)   Cited 35 times
    Holding that the function of an amicus curiae "is to advise in order that justice may be done, rather than to advocate a point of view so that a cause may be won by one party or another."
  6. Long v. Coast Resorts, Inc.

    49 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (D. Nev. 1999)   Cited 11 times

    No. CV-S-97-1570-RLH. March 30, 1999 Richard F. Armknecht, II, Las Vegas, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, for plaintiff. Barry Lieberman, Las Vegas, NV, for defendants. ORDER HUNT, United States Magistrate Judge Before the Court is the United States' Motion for Leave to Participate as Amieus Curiae (# 35, filed March 2, 1999). Defendants' Response . . . (# 36) was filed March 16, 1999, essentially does not oppose the motion, notwithstanding its untimeliness and the fact that the matter has already been extensively