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AUTONOMY welcomes you to review our Amicus Curiae ("Friend of the Court") briefs in support of Oregon and other plaintiffs in Oregon v. Ashcroft and Gonzales v. Oregon. These briefs were filed with the support of several prominent individuals with disabilities. The case was heard before the Supreme Court of the United States on October 5th, 2005.  Oregon and its amici prevailed before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and at the District Court level.

The directors and officers of AUTONOMY, Inc. wish to thank Katherine E. Johnson, Curtis K. Tao, Jeffrey H. Jordan, Karen T. Schiele, Laurence Seymour, Karen Bekkert, Todd Kornfeld, and Richard F. Ziegler of the New York Office of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton for the excellent pro bono legal services they provided so generously. As well as Victoria Holstein Childress and the partners at Skadden, Arps et al, in Washington, DC, who prepared the most recent AUTONOMY brief for the Supreme Court.

 

The AUTONOMY Statement (PDF)
Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing

The AUTONOMY Amicus Brief (PDF)
Submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States

The AUTONOMY Disability Brief (PDF)
Submitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

The AUTONOMY Disability Brief (PDF)
Submitted to the U.S. District Court

Personal statement of Drew Batavia (PDF)
Former President of AUTONOMY

Personal statement of Hugh Gallagher (PDF)
Former President of AUTONOMY




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