Amici or “friend-of-the-court” briefs are filed by organizations and individuals who are not parties in a case to offer information to the court.

A broad and diverse array of civil rights organizations, religious groups, medical and teachers associations, and legal scholars filed 25 amici supporting AFER’s case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

• ACLU, GLAD, Lambda Legal, and NCLR
• American Anthropological Association, et al.
• American Psychological Association, California Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
• Anti-Defamation League
• Asian American Justice Center, et al.
• BALIF, et al.
• California Faith for Equality, et al.
• California Professors of Family Law
• California Teachers Association
• Constitutional Accountability Center
• Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure Professors
• Cravit, Tamara L.
• Eisenberg, Jon B.
• Equality California (Imperial County Appeal)
• Equality California (Main Appeal)
• Equality Federation, et al
• Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic and Americans United for Separation of Church and State
• King, Justice Donald B., (Ret.) and the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (“AAML”)
• Legislators from United States Jurisdictions That Have Legalized Same-Sex Marriage
• The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation, Human Rights Campaign, American Humanist Association and Courage Campaign Institute
• National LGBT Bar Association
• Professors of Constitutional Law (Eskridge, et al.)
• Southern Poverty Law Center