Brandeis brief

…of her brother-in-law’s famous "Brandeis briefs," notably the one filed in Muller v. Oregon in 1908, and, after Felix Frankfurter’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1916, she frequently served him in a similar capacity. In 1911–13 Goldmark served with Frances Perkins, Robert Wagner, Alfred E. Smith, and others…

…known to lawyers as the Brandeis brief, in which economic and sociological data, historical experience, and expert opinions are marshaled to support the legal propositions. His most notable book, a volume of essays, Other People’s Money, and How the Bankers Use It (1914), dealt with the control exercised by investment…

…what became known as the “Brandeis brief,” a 113-page document outlining quasiscientific data on the negative effects of long working hours on both women and men, he focused particularly on women’s dependent and biologically reproductive roles as opposed to economic issues. The court, referring to the “proper discharge of her…

…became known as a “Brandeis brief,” after the United States Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis, who made effective use of it. When a court permits an outsider to file a brief in a case to which the outsider is not a party, it is generally referred to as an…