Amicus Briefs
NAME Amicus briefs and important cases
Here are links to cases of importance to forensic sciences and Medical Examiners including cases where NAME filed Amicus Curiae:
Randall v. Maricopa County and Horn
Horn-Brief of Amici Curiae-NAME and CAP 01-30-13
Horn-Order granting amici NAME and CAP 01-30-13
Albrecht v. Treon
06-05-08 Albrecht v Treon-US District Court So. Ohio
08-24-10 Albrecht v Treon-6th circuit court of appeals
Bullcoming v. NM
01-17-11 Bullcoming v. NM-amicus NDAA et al (SCOTUS)
01-26-12 Bullcoming v. NM-11th circuit court of appeals
06-23-11 Bullcoming v. NM-SCOTUS writ of Certiorari (NM Supreme Court reversed)
06-23-11 Bullcoming v. NM-dissent (SCOTUS Kennedy)
06-23-11 Bullcoming v. NM-concurrence (SCOTUS Sotomayor)
06-23-11 Bullcoming v. NM-opinion (SCOTUS Ginsburg)
06-23-11 Bullcoming v. NM-syllabus
Crawford v. WA
03-08-04 Crawford v. Washington writ of Centiorari to SCOTUS
03-08-04 Crawford v. Washington concurrence (SCOTUS-Rehnquist)
03-08-04 Crawford v. Washington opinion (SCOTUS-Scalia)
03-08-04 Crawford v. Washington syllabus
Melendez-Diaz v. Mass
06-25-09 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts-writ of Certiorari to SCOTUS
06-25-09 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts-concurrence (SCOTUS Thomas)
06-25-09 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts-dissent (SCOTUS Kennedy)
06-25-09 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts-opinion (SCOTUS Scalia)
06-25-09 Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts-syllabus
Confronting the Dead - The Testimonial Status of Autopsies After Melendez-Dias and Bullcoming
Picon v. San Mateo
06-22-10 Picon v County of San Mateo-CA 1st appellate district (Judgement for county and Benson)
Waeschle v. Dragovic
07-22-09 Waeschle v Dragovic US Court of Appeals 6th District
05-20-10 NAME Amicus-Waeschle v Dragovic
07-22-09 Waeschle v Dragovic decision (US Court of Appeals 6th District)
08-23-10 Waeschle v Dragovic Amicus Curiae (MI State Medical Society)
09-19-08 Waeschle v Dragovic granting in part summary judgement (US District Court Eastern MI)
Williams v. Illinois
10-01-10 Williams v. Illinois-Writ of Certiorari to SCOTUS
10-26-11 Williams v. Illinois-NDAA and NAME Amicus briefs
Williams v Illinois Decision
IA v. Tyler
IA Supreme Court 13-0588-IA v. Tyler
Here are the opinions of the 4 cases in which NAME filed an amicus brief (all were decided in NAME's favor):
1a) Albrecht v Treon, 118 Ohio St.3d 348, 2008-Ohio-2617 [Internet]. [cited 2011 Sep 29]. 27p.
Available from: http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/rod/docs/pdf/0/2008/2008-ohio-2617.pdf
1b) Albrecht v Treon, 6th Cir. 2010; No. 09-3703 [Internet]; [cited 2011 Sep 29]. 12p.
Available from: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/10a0260p-06.pdf
2) Waeschle v Dragovic, 576 F.3d 539 (6th Cir.2009; No.08-2228) [Internet]; [cited 2011 Sep 29]. 16p.
Available from: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/09a0258p-06.pdf
3) Picon v County of San Mateo, 185 Cal.App.4th 1179 (2010) [Internet]; [cited 2011 Sep 29]. 15p.
4) Macrelli v Children’s Hospital, 451 Mass 690 (2008) [Internet]; [cited 2011 Sep 29]. Available from: http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/451/451mass690.html
5) Shipley v NYC (right of sepulcher)
NAME Amicus Brief Shipley v NYC OCME APL-20O3-00345
Shipley-New York Court of Appeals-NAME amicus 12-16-14
Shipley-New York Court of Appeals-NAME amicus-Davis letter 12-16-14
DECISION Shipley v City of New York
6) Dean v. Phatak
Dean v. Phatak-Amicus Brief as filed
Here are additional Amicus briefs of importance to forensic pathologists:
Medina v. AZ Amicus by Innocence Project 2013
Marlon Osbourne, MD and the City of Philadelphi Office of the Medical Examiner v Administrators of the Estate of Ms. Greenberg 2022
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