Multistate coalitions of AGs frequently participate in lower court litigation.
This includes activity not only as direct litigants, but as amicus curiae (“friends of the court”). This activity has increased over time alongside AGs’ overall use of coordinated multistate strategies to influence the direction of policy and law.
Most recent multistate amicus briefs are filed by partisan coalitions of Democratic or Republican AGs. This reflects the highly contested nature of the policy issues involved, such as abortion, immigration, environmental policy, and health care.
You can explore this amicus activity at the links below.
This information will be updated as AGs file new multistate amicus briefs in lower courts.
A listing of multistate amicus curiae briefs filed in lower federal courts and state courts from 2017 to the present. The table is fully searchable, and provides additional information about each case as well as links to the briefs (if available).
Additional charts and aggregate totals concerning these multistate amicus briefs, providing a visual overview of this activity.
An explanation of which cases are included in the totals, as well as how the data was collected.