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Supreme Court Amici Cite GWLR in Four October 2014 Cases

The George Washington Law Review has been cited by amici curiae in four cases set for argument in the Supreme Court’s October 2014 term.

Brian J. Love’s article Why Patentable Subject Matter Matters for Software, 81 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 1, 9-10 (2012), was cited by amici—including Google, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard—in support of respondents in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. A separate filing in support of affirmance cited Chester S. Chaung’s article Offensive Venue: The Curious Use of Declaratory Judgment to Forum Shop in Patent Litigation, 80 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1065 (2012).

Public Citizen cited Alan B. Morrison’s The Sounds of Silence: The Irrelevance of Congressional Inaction in Separation of Powers Litigation, 81 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 1211 (2013), in its amicus brief in support of petitioner in Zivotofsky v. Kerry.

Amicus curiae Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association cited David Betson and Jay Tidmarsh, Optimal Class Size, Opt-Out Rights, and “Indivisible” Remedies, 79 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 542, 572 (2011), in its brief supporting respondents in Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi v. IndyMac MBS, Inc.

James M. Landis, The Legislative History of the Securities Act of 1933, 28 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 29, 30 (1959), was cited by the United States in its brief as amicus curiae in support of vacatur and remand in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund.