Amicus Curiae

An Amicus Curiae can be termed as a friend of the court in a lawsuit. He can be an individual or an organization. However, he is not a party to the case but he is allowed to assist a court by presenting required details, expertise, or insight over the matter.

What does Amicus Curiae do?

Amicus Curiae is different from the intervenor, who holds a direct interest in the result or outcome of the lawsuit. That’s the main reason he is allowed to assist the court.

Amici Curiae can generally be found in the legal tussles where a huge public interest is involved. While people have concerns regarding civil rights.

For an instance, the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was fielding hard to keep the XRP holders’ lawyer out of the SEC Vs Ripple lawsuit. The commissions requested the court to repeal amici status in the case citing the threat to their expert.

However, the SEC even proposed 5 reasons to deny the Amicus Curiae motion in the case. It mentioned that the movant does not offer to brief over the legal issue. The commission stated that they are just presenting arguments based on just 3,252 affidavits from the token holders.

Later on, the court rejected the SEC’s requests to repeal the amici status from the proceeding of the lawsuit. However, the court stated that the movants were permitted to act as amici. It also grants him permission to brief on legal issues related to the lawsuit.

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