For the  edification of the academic community, I submit the  following:
 
BRIEF OF AN AMICUS CURIAE A brief of an amicus curiae may be filed only if  
accompanied by written consent of all parties, or by leave of court granted on  
motion or at the request of the court, except that consent or leave shall not 
be  required when the brief is presented by the United States or an officer 
or  agency thereof, or by a State, Territory or Commonwealth. The brief may be  
conditionally filed with the motion for leave. A motion for leave shall 
identify  the interest of the applicant and shall state the reasons why a brief of 
an  amicus curiae is desirable. Save as all parties otherwise consent, any 
amicus  curiae shall file its brief within the time allowed the party whose 
position as  to affirmance or reversal the amicus brief will support unless the 
court for  cause shown shall grant leave for a later filing, in which event it 
shall  specify within what period an opposing party may answer. A motion of an 
amicus  curiae to participate in the oral argument will be granted only for  
extraordinary reasons.  

—Rule 29. Federal Rules of Appellate  Procedure 




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