Word: amici
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...initial trial record, which is unusually limited--the pre-arranged deposition of the dean of admissions at Davis furnished the sole testimony, in fact. All appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, must base any subsequent decisions on the trial record, although a justice may loosely draw on material from amici briefs. It would seem Powell chose to discount important information pertaining to Bakke's application. Bakke was, after all, rejected from ten other schools, two of which sent letters informing him that his age was a "serious factor" in determining his case. In addition, more than 30 applicants in each...
Concerned parties have filed 58 amici curiae, or "friend of the court" briefs--the greatest number of such briefs ever submitted for a Supreme Court case, and indicative of the complexity and importance of the suit. Amici curiae briefs provide "third parties" with an interest in the case an opportunity to express their particular viewpoints...
...judgement on this case. Cahn said, owing to the volume of information that has since come into the public record. There is no hard-and-fast rule as to what a Supreme Court justice can take notice of, Cahn said, adding "the Court's willihgness to take in the amici curiae briefs is an indication that the Court may be willing to make certaih decisions...