Brief amici curiae of Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth et al. | American Electric Power Company Inc. v. State of Connecticut

Submitted by neilzusman on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 11:28

Publication Type:

Case

Authors:

Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth; The Unitarian Universalist Association; The Shalom Center; The Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception; The New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good; The National Catholic Rural Life Conference; The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; The Jewish Reconstructionist Federation; Interfaith Power and Light; General Synod of the United Church of Christ; The Franciscan Action Network; The Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach; Church World Service

Source:

American Bar Association, Washington, D.C., p.1-30 (2011)

URL:

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/previewbriefs/Other_Brief_Updates/10-174_respondentamcu14faithbasedorgs.pdf

Keywords:

legal

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Amicus Curiae

Faith Based organizations offer information relevant to the Supreme Court deliberation on the matter of Connecticut vs. American Electric Power. 2011-03-18.

Amici curiae are fourteen faith-based organizations that are active participants in the ongoing attempt to respond to global climate change and have a strong interest in developing limits on greenhouse gases, which are the primary cause of global climate change.

Amici represent a broad spectrum of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish communities. Although they differ on many matters of faith and policy, they are united in their concern about threats to the environment. They believe that human beings are stewards of God’s Creation and that humans have a moral obligation to prevent and mitigate harm to the planet, to our fellow humans, and to all of God’s creatures.

Friend of the Court:

An amicus curiae (also spelled amicus curiæ; plural amici curiae) is someone, not a party to a case, who volunteers to offer information to assist a court in deciding a matter before it. The information provided may be a legal opinion in the form of a brief (which is called an amicus brief when offered by an amicus curiae), a testimony that has not been solicited by any of the parties, or a learned treatise on a matter that bears on the case. The decision on whether to admit the information lies at the discretion of the court. The phrase amicus curiae is legal Latin and literally means "friend of the court".

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