Reply-ISO-Motion-for-Leave-to-File-Brief-as-Amici-Curiae
Reply-ISO-Motion-for-Leave-to-File-Brief-as-Amici-Curiae
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C<strong>as</strong>e 3:15-cv-00452-MHL Document 77 <strong>File</strong>d 12/27/16 Page 10 of 13 PageID# 1184<br />
* * *<br />
In the end, the appropriate “<strong>to</strong>uchs<strong>to</strong>ne is whether the amicus is ‘helpful,’” Cal. v. U.S.<br />
Dep’t of Labor, No. 2:13-CV-02069-KJM-DAD, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5439, at *3 (E.D. Cal.<br />
Jan. 14, 2014) (citation omitted), and when the proposed brief meets these standards, the amicus<br />
brief “should normally be allowed,” Cmty. Ass’n <strong>for</strong> Res<strong>to</strong>ration of the Env’t (CARE) v.<br />
DeRuyter Bros. Dairy, 54 F. Supp. 2d 974, 975 (E.D. W<strong>as</strong>h. 1999). Because amici’s proposed<br />
brief is timely and provides useful in<strong>for</strong>mation not previously brought <strong>to</strong> this Court’s attention,<br />
amici respectfully submit that this Court should grant their motion, accept the proposed brief <strong>for</strong><br />
filing, and decide the question of what procedures are required under Section 31(d) with all<br />
relevant resources available <strong>to</strong> the Court.<br />
Dated: December 27, 2016<br />
Respectfully submitted,<br />
/s/ James E. Anklam<br />
James E. Anklam (VSB # 27976)<br />
James D. Wareham (pro hac vice)<br />
Michael J. Anstett (pro hac vice)<br />
FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER<br />
& JACOBSON LLP<br />
801 17th Street, N.W.<br />
W<strong>as</strong>hing<strong>to</strong>n, D.C. 20006<br />
Telephone: 202-639-7000<br />
Facsimile: 202-639-7003<br />
James.Anklam@friedfrank.com<br />
James.Wareham@friedfrank.com<br />
Michael.Anstett@friedfrank.com<br />
Counsel <strong>to</strong> (Proposed) <strong>Amici</strong> <strong>Curiae</strong><br />
Jeffrey S. Lubbers<br />
Professor of Practice in Administrative Law<br />
American University, W<strong>as</strong>hing<strong>to</strong>n College of Law<br />
William Funk<br />
Lewis & Clark Distinguished Professor of Law<br />
Lewis & Clark Law School<br />
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