Here’s the amicus brief of the American Association for Justice (fka Association of Trial Lawyers of America) supporting the respondent in Filarksy v. Delia, No. 10-1018 (cert. granted Sep. 27, 2011), the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a private lawyer hired by a local government is entitled to claim the same immunities from section 1983 lawsuits as his government-employed counterparts.
Earlier, we filed an amicus brief on behalf of the American Bar Association supporting the petitioner, and other organization also filed briefs in support (posted here). The petitioner’s merits brief is posted here. Oral argument is set for January 17, 2012.
More on this case as it becomes available.