APA Amicus Briefs by Issue
Listing of the amicus briefs by issues. Each of the titles below links to a one-page summary. Selected full-text briefs are linked below. Please note that the PDF files may take time to download, as they are very large files.
Abortion
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 334KB)
Bowen v. Kendrick (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 242KB)
Harris v. McRae (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.27MB)
Hartigan v. Zbaraz (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 543KB)
Hodgson v. State of Minnesota (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 318KB)
Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 746KB)
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 512KB)
Planned Parenthood et al. v. Mike Rounds et al. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 106KB)
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 371KB)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 887KB)
Affirmative Action
Comfort v. Lynn (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 257KB)
Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 217KB)
Parents v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson Co. Board of Education (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 457KB)
Animal Research
Antitrust
Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCready (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 541KB)
Patrick v. Burget (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.78MB)
Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists v. Blue Shield of Virginia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 767KB)
Battered Women's Syndrome
Hawthorne v. State of Florida (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 612KB)
New Jersey v. Kelly (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 660KB)
Child Abuse/Child Witnesses
Alaska v. R.H. Wetherhorn (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 609KB)
Kentucky v. Stincer (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 433KB)
Maryland v. Craig (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 435KB)
Child Sexual Abuse
Stogner v. California (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 307KB)
Civil Commitment
Rone v. Fireman (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 182KB)
Wyatt v. Aderholt (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Competency
Atkins v. Virginia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 69KB)
Colorado v. Connelly (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 515KB)
Ford v. Wainwright (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 559KB)
McCarver v. North Carolina (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 69KB)
Sell v. U.S. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
U.S. v. Gomes (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 8KB)
Confidentiality/Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
Alaska v. R.H. Wetherhorn (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 609KB)
Bodell v. Superior Court (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 365KB)
Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 305KB)
Hudgins v. Moore (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 196KB)
In Marquez v. Estate of Garcia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 3MB)
Jaffee v. Redmond (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Levy v. Edelhofer (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 47KB)
Menendez v. State of California (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 735KB)
Oregon v. Miller (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 539KB)
Smith v. Murray (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 373KB)
United States v. Byers (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 603KB)
Copyright
Criminal Defendants' Right to Mental Health Assistance (Psychiatric Evaluations)
Ake v. Oklahoma (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 602KB)
Brown (formerly Schwarzenegger) v. Plata et al (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 190KB)
Smith v. Murray (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 373KB)
Death Penalty
Ake v. Oklahoma (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 602KB)
Ford v. Wainwright (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 559KB)
Lockhart v. McCree (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 415KB)
McCarver v. North Carolina (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 69KB)
Panetti v. Quarterman (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 147KB)
Penry v. Lynaugh (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.03MB)
Roper v. Simmons (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 222KB)
Smith v. Murray (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 373KB)
Defamation
Hutchinson v. Proxmire (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 475KB)
Disabilities/Rights under the ADA
Goodman v. Georgia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 240KB)
Duty to Warn/Protect
Alaska v. R.H. Wetherhorn (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 609KB)
Currie v. United States (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 337KB)
Emerich v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development, Inc. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 356KB)
Estate of Davis v. Yong-Oh Lhim (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 957KB)
Ewing v. Goldstein (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 112KB)
Hedlund v. Superior Court of Orange County (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 112KB)
Menendez v. State of California (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 735KB)
Williamson v. Liptzin (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 130KB)
Employment
Forrest v. Ambach (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 277KB)
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 343KB)
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 493KB)
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp. d.b.a. Target Stores (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 37KB)
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 644KB)
Environmental Impact Analyses
ERISA
Insurance Board v. Muir (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 570KB)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 537KB)
Expert Witnesses/Psychologists' Competency
Chandler v. Morris (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Coble v. Texas (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 104KB)
Hawthorne v. State of Florida (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 612KB)
Horne v. Goodson Logging Co. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 345KB)
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 323KB)
Jenkins v. United States (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 201KB)
Landers v. Chrysler Corp. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 387KB)
Martin v. Benson (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 422KB)
New Jersey v. Kelly (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 660KB)
People v. Gil (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 230KB)
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 493KB)
Schudel v. General Electric (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 189KB)
U.S. v. Fields (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Eyewitness Identification Research
Commonwealth v. Walker (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 84KB)
Perry v. New Hampshire (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 123KB)
False Confessions
Floyd v. Cain (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Michigan v. Kowalski (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 126KB)
Rivera v. Illinois (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Warney v. New York (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 183KB)
Wright v. Pennsylvania (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Hospital Privileges for Psychologists
CAPP v. Rank (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 728KB)
Insanity Defense
Ake v. Oklahoma (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 602KB)
Clark v. Arizona (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 141KB)
Jenkins v. United States (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 201KB)
United States v. Brawner (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 649KB)
United States v. Byers (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 608KB)
United States v. Lyons (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 892KB)
Juvenile Sentencing
Medicare
Medication (Right to Refuse)
In re Bryant (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 381KB)
Mills v. Rogers (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 9.20KB)
Riese v. St. Mary's Hospital & Medical Center (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 566KB)
Rivers v. Katz (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 407KB)
Sell v. United States (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
United States v. Charters (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 510KB)
United States v. Gomes (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 119KB)
United States v. Leatherman (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 485KB)
Washington v. Harper (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 445KB)
Mentally Ill and Mentally Retarded (Rights Of)
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 608KB)
McCarver v. North Carolina (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 69KB)
Olmstead v. L.C. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Penry v. Lynaugh (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.03MB)
Rone v. Fireman (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 182KB)
United States Dept. of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms v. Galioto (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.42MB)
Wyatt v. Aderholt (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Youngberg v. Romero (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 735KB)
Neuropsychologists' Competency (Brain Injury Assessment)
Chandler v. Morris (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Horne v. Goodson Logging Co. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 345KB)
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision of Colorado (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 323KB)
Landers v. Chrysler Corporation (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 387KB)
Martin v. Benson (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 422KB)
Schudel v. General Electric (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 189KB)
Peer Review
Patrick v. Burget (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 1.78MB)
Psychologists' Scope of Practice/Reimbursement for "Mental Health" Services
Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCready (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 541KB)
Bucy v. Bucy (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 200KB)
CAPP v. Rank (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 728KB)
Ford v. Norton (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 136KB)
Miller v. City of Poughkeepsie (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 600KB)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 537KB)
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 371KB)
Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists v. Blue Shield of Virginia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 767KB)
Residential Treatment
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 608KB)
Olmstead v. L.C. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Rone v. Fireman (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 182KB)
Scientific Research
Hutchinson v. Proxmire (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 475KB)
International Primate Protection League v. Institute for Behavioral Research (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 288KB)
Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 496KB)
PAWS v. University of Washington (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 173KB)
People v. Gil (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 230KB)
Sexual Harassment
Harris v. Forklift (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 343KB)
Sexual Orientation (Discrimination)
General
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 556KB)
Boy Scouts of America v. Pool (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 171KB)
Donaldson v. Montana (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 93KB)
Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 629KB)
Romer v. Evans (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 550KB)
Adoption
Dept. of Human Services v. Howard (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 109KB)
In re Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 64KB)
In re R.A. & M.A. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Custody
Boswell v. Boswell (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 356KB)
Bottoms v. Bottoms (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 360KB)
DeLong v. DeLong (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 218KB)
Hertzler v. Hertzler (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 317KB)
In Re Adoption of Luke (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 127KB)
Marriage
Andersen v. King County (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 496KB)
Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Conaway v. Deane (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 3MB)
Gill v. Office of Personnel Management (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 115KB)
Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 164KB)
Hernandez v. Robles (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 4MB)
Hollingsworth v. Perry (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 172KB)
In re Marriage Cases(Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 360KB)
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Lewis v. Harris (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 249KB)
Li v. Oregon (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 512KB)
Perry v. Schwarzenegger (Full text amicus brief) (PDF, 1MB)
Samuels v. New York State Department of Health (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 281KB)
Shields v. Madigan (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
U.S. v. Windsor (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 182KB)
Varnum v. Brien (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 843KB)
Windsor v. U.S. (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 171KB)
Military
BenShalom v. Marsh (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 645KB)
Watkins v. United States Army (Full text of amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Sodomy Laws (Anti)
Bowers v. Hardwick (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 681KB)
Campbell v. Sundquist (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 752KB)
Jegley v. Picado (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 78KB)
Kentucky v. Wasson (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 434KB)
Lawrence v. Texas (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 155KB)
New York v. Uplinger (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 2MB)
Stover v. State of Georgia (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 384KB)
Texas v. Morales (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 329KB)
Tests (Use, Validity, and Security of Psychological Tests and Test Data)
Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 305KB)
Hudgins v. Moore (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 475KB)
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp. d.b.a. Target Stores (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 37KB)
United States v. Brawner (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 649KB)
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank and Trust (Full-text amicus brief) (PDF, 644KB)
