Abortion
Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (mandated pre-abortion counseling) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bowen v. Kendrick (mandatory counseling; adolescent abortion) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Harris v. McRae (abortion rights; Medicaid funding)
Hartigan v. Zbaraz (parental notification) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hodgson v. State of Minnesota (parental notification) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Inc. (parental notification) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Planned Parenthood of S.E. Pennsylvania v. Casey (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists(Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Affirmative Action
Comfort v. Lynn (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Parents v. Seattle School District and Meredith v. Jefferson Co. Board of Education (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Animal Research
International Primate Protection League v. Institute for Behavioral Research(Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) v. University of Washington (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Antitrust
Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCready (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Patrick v. Burget
Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists v. Blue Shield of Virginia (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Battered Women's Syndrome
Hawthorne v. State of Florida (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
New Jersey v. Kelly (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Child Abuse/Child Witnesses
Alaska v. R.H. Wetherhorn (child abuse reporting laws) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Kentucky v. Stincer (protection of child witnesses) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Maryland v. Craig (protection of child witnesses) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Child Sexual Abuse
Stogner v. California (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Civil Commitment
Rone v. Fireman (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Wyatt v. Aderholt (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Competency
Atkins v. Virginia (to be executed)
Colorado v. Connelly (to waive rights) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Ford v. Wainwright (to be executed) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
McCarver v. North Carolina (to be executed) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Sell v. U.S. (to stand trial) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
U.S. v. Gomes (to stand trial) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Confidentiality/Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
Alaska v. R.H. Wetherhorn (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bodell v. Superior Court (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hudgins v. Moore (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Jaffee v. Redmond (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Levy v. Edelhofer (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Menendez v. State of California (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Oregon v. Miller (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Smith v. Murray (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Byers (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Copyright
Faulkner v. National Geographic Enterprises (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Greenberg v. National Geographic Enterprises (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Criminal Defendants' Right to Mental Health Assistance (Psychiatric Evaluations)
Ake v. Oklahoma (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Smith v. Murray (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Death Penalty
Ake v. Oklahoma (right to court-appointed psychiatric evaluation) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Atkins v. Virginia (mentally retarded)
Ford v. Wainwright (competency) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Lockhart v. McCree (death qualified juries) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
McCarver v. North Carolina (mentally retarded) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Panetti v. Quarterman (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Penry v. Lynaugh (mentally retarded) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Roper v. Simmons (juveniles) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Smith v. Murray (use of data in capital sentencing hearing) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Defamation
Hutchinson v. Proxmire (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Disabilities/Rights under the ADA
Goodman v. Georgia (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Duty to Warn/Protect
Alaska v. R.H. & Wetherhorn (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Currie v. United States (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Emerich v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development, Inc. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Estate of Davis v. Yong-Oh Lhim (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Ewing v. Goldstein (Read the Letter of Petition for Review)
Hedland v. Superior Court of Orange County (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Menendez v. State of California (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Williamson v. Liptzin (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Employment
Forrest v. Ambach (First Amendment) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. (sexual harassment) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (gender) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp. d.b.a. Target Stores (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust (race) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Environmental Impact Analyses
Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

ERISA
Insurance Board v. Muir (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Expert Witnesses/Psychologists' Competency
Chandler v. Morris (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hawthorne v. State of Florida (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Horne v. Goodson Logging Co. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Jenkins v. United States (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Landers v. Chrysler Corp. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Martin v. Benson (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
New Jersey v. Kelly (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
People v. Gil (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Schudel v. General Electric (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
U.S. v. Fields (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

False Confessions
Wright v. Pennsylvania (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Parenting
Boswell v. Boswell (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bottoms v. Bottoms (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Delong v. Delong (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hertzler v. Hertzler (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
In Re Adoption of Luke (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Hospital Privileges for Psychologists
CAPP v. Rank (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Insanity Defense
Ake v. Oklahoma (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Clark v. Arizona (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Jenkins v. United States (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Brawner (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Byers (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Lyons (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Medicare
National Kidney Patient's Association v. Sullivan (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Medication (Right to Refuse)
In re Bryant (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Mills v. Rogers
Riese v. St. Mary's Hospital & Medical Center (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Rivers v. Katz (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Sell v. United States (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Charters (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Gomes (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Leatherman (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Washington v. Harper (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Mentally Ill and Mentally Retarded (Rights of)
Atkins v. Virginia
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
McCarver v. North Carolina (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Olmstead v. L.C. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Penry v. Lynaugh (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Rone v. Fireman (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States Dept. of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms v. Galioto (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Wyatt v. Aderholt (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Youngberg v. Romeo (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Neuropsychologists' Competency (Brain Injury Assessment)
Chandler v. Morris (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Horne v. Goodson Logging Co. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Huntoon v. TCI Cablevision of Colorado (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Landers v. Chrysler Corporation (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Martin v. Benson (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Schudel v. General Electric (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Peer Review
Patrick v. Burget

Psychologists' Scope of Practice/Reimbursement for "Mental Health" Services
Blue Shield of Virginia v. McCReady (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bucy v. Bucy (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
CAPP v. Rank (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Ford v. Norton (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Miller v. City of Poughkeepsie (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Massachusetts (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists v. Blue Shield of Virginia (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Residential Treatment
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Olmstead v. L.C. (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Rone v. Fireman (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Sexual Harassment
Harris v. Forklift (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Sexual Orientation
Andersen v. King County (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
BenShalom v. Marsh (military) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Boswell v. Boswell (visitation) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bottoms v. Bottoms (custody) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Boy Scouts of America v. Pool (discrimination) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Bowers v. Hardwick (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Campbell v. Sundquist (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Conaway v. Deane (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
DeLong v. DeLong (custody) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Dept. of Human Services v. Howard (discrimination; adoption) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hernandez v. Robles (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hertzler v. Hertzler (custody) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
In Re Adoption of Luke (custody) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
In re Marriage Cases ( Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
In re. R.A. & M.A. (discrimination; adoption) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Jegley v. Picado (sodomy) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Kentucky v. Wasson (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Lawrence v. Texas (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Lewis v. Harris (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Li v. Oregon (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
New York v. Uplinger (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Romer v. Evans (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Samuels v. New York State Department of Health (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Shields v. Madigan (discrimination; same-sex marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Stover v. State of Georgia (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Texas v. Morales (anti-sodomy law) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Varnum v. Brien (discrimination; marriage) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Watkins v. United States Army (military)

Scientific Research
Hutchinson v. Proxmire (libel, slander) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
International Primate Protection League v. Institute for Behavioral Research (animal research) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy (environmental impact statement) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
PAWS v. University of Washington (confidentiality of unfunded grant proposals) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
People v. Gil (cognitive research evidence) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

Tests (Use, Validity, & Security of Psychological Tests & Test Data)
Detroit Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board (confidentiality, test security) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Hudgins v. Moore (misuse of test materials) (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp. d.b.a. Target Stores (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
United States v. Brawner (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)
Watson v. Fort Worth Bank and Trust (Read Full-Text Amicus Brief)

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