How to Use amicus in a Sentence

amicus

noun

• Yeah, there were very many amicus briefs filed in this case.
  — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
• More than a dozen amicus, or friend of the court, briefs were filed.
  — Cary Spivak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
• Both groups had filed amicus briefs in support of the defendant in the case.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 June 2023
• Ten states filed an amicus brief asking the court to consider the case.
  — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 28 May 2021
• Google filed an amicus brief saying that this was a search and warrants were required.
  — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026
• His office had filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiff.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
• The council filed an amicus brief in support of the troll fishery.
  — Julia O’Malley, New York Times, 19 July 2023
• The city, too, had filed an amicus brief supporting the challenge in court.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
• The school board voted to sign onto the amicus brief earlier this month.
  — Tatiana Sanchez, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2017
• Lisa, this is a case that the Onion has, has put in a, uh, an amicus brief to, to talk about the value of satire.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
• An amicus brief involves a person with a strong interest in a case but is not a party to the case.
  — Chloe Melas, CNN, 14 July 2021
• In recent terms, there has been an average of about 16 amicus briefs per case.
  — The Conversation, 24 June 2026
• Travis Scott‘s legal team filed its own amicus brief with the Supreme Court the same day.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
• But the sole amicus brief that the Court has received is in support of Maxwell.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
• Third, something needs to be done to rein in the proliferation of amicus briefs.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 24 Jan. 2022
• Matorin’s argument was echoed in amicus briefs filed by other landlords and their trade groups around the state.
  — Tim Logan, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2020
• Matters of debate Dozens of amicus briefs filed by a slew of groups urged the justices to handle this case with care.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 21 Jan. 2020
• At least 70 amicus briefs have been filed in the case since the Supreme Court agreed to hear it in March.
  — Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
• Most of our work is technical research papers, comment letters, amicus briefs, and the like.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• At the time, the DOJ had filed an amicus brief reaching the same conclusion.
  — Brad Adgate, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
• Encode had filed an amicus brief in the case supporting some of Musk’s arguments.
  — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
• That's why a group of 22 Democratic governors filed an amicus brief in this case.
  — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
• Last month, California filed an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026
• More than 90 percent of Supreme Court cases attract at least one amicus.
  — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, 12 Sep. 2017
• The court is more likely to review cases accompanied by amicus briefs.
  — The Conversation, 24 June 2026
• The government of Mexico plans to file an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit.
  — Ryanne Mena, Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
• Last week, the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief on a behalf of the players.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 17 Mar. 2021
• In fact, more than 60 amicus briefs have been filed in the case, with voting rights groups, Senators and even states weighing in.
  — Madeleine Carlisle, Time, 25 Apr. 2021
• The report goes on for a few pages about an erroneous amicus brief that the ERLC filed in a court case.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 3 June 2021
• This claim garnered the support of more than sixty per cent of House Republicans, who signed an amicus brief.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2020