AMICUS BRIEFS
RFI works to advance religious freedom in culture, politics, and law. Filing friend-of-the-court, or amicus curiae, briefs is an important facet of that work. An amicus curiae brief is filed by a person or entity in a court case who is not a party to the case but who has an interest in the outcome.
The purpose of such a brief is to assist the court in making a just and wise decision. Amicus briefs encourage courts to see the case before them in a broader context. They differ from briefs filed by parties to the case in that they need not adhere strictly to legal arguments germane to the case, but may discuss broader policy concerns.
Although litigation is not RFI’s primary arena of work, RFI often files or joins amicus briefs in order to educate the courts about the broader context and implications for religious freedom of the cases before them.

Apache Stronghold v. United States

Parents v. Montgomery County Board of Education

Parents Defending Education v. Linn-Mar Community School District

Charter Day School, Inc. v. Bonnie Peltier

Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High School

Smith v. Ward

Groff v. DeJoy

303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Green Haven Preparative Meeting v. New York State Department of Corrections

Starkey v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis and Roncalli High School

City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas, Inc.

Freedom from Religious Foundation v. Mack

Carson v. Makin

Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission v. Woods

Gordon College v. DeWeese-Boyd

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Lacewell

North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Inc. v. McRaney

Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Sisolak

Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo

Agudath Israel of America v. Cuomo 1

Lebovits v. Cuomo

Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
