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legal brief - a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right

amicus curiae brief - a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

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The lawyers for the Southeast Legal Foundation and the Cato Institute, in their legal brief, tell the justices what California is doing runs afoul of their prior rulings which set a "minimum contacts'' standard before a state can impose its tax.

Brnovich gets help in legal challenge to California business tax

He said Monday that the complaint "reads more like political talking points than a reasoned legal brief, and it contains a litany of inaccurate information."

Trump, his business organization sue oversight committee chairman

KELLEY Kenyan legislators have failed to respect constitutional and Supreme Court mandates to ensure gender equality in the National Assembly, a US-based NGO said in a legal brief issued in the run-up to International Women's Day on March 8.

Carter Centre urges Kenya to act on two-thirds rule

Overstock.com (OSTK), together with fellow online retailers Wayfair (W) and Newegg Inc., filed a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of South Dakota v.

Overstock files Supreme Court brief in South Dakota v. Wayfair state tax case

Texas Governor Greg Abbott crossed the church-state separation line on February 4 when he sent a legal brief to Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton insisting that Christian crosses may be legally displayed on sheriffs' vehicles.

Americans United has filed a legal brief urging the Colorado Court of Appeals to uphold a Lakewood, Colo., ordinance that prohibits anti-LGBT discrimination.

AU files brief in Colo. discrimination case

Keehn wrote in a legal brief that the state's ban ''cannot be squared with the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.'' He also argues that self-defense outside the home is part of the core right provided by the Second Amendment.

SJC asked to rule on stun gun ownership; State law: aw

Prosecutors also note in their legal brief that three members of Tsarnaev's legal team were recently expelled from Russia after misrepresenting themselves as tourists to local authorities.

Boston bomb case lawyers want 2,000 for jury

As reported, a legal brief was circulated to all members of Stockton's planning committee before a meeting in November to consider an application for 159 new homes at Urlay Nook in Eaglescliffe.

I won't be gagged, vows under-fire councillor