Amicus Briefs

October 15, 2025

Legal Advocates Ask Supreme Court to End Home Equity Seizures in Tax Foreclosures 

BOSTON, MA — The Pioneer New England Legal Foundation (Legal Foundation), Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS), and law firm Greenberg Traurig filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of homeowners in two Michigan cases that could determine how far governments can go in taking property for unpaid taxes. 
April 12, 2019

Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue

Pioneer Institute today announced that it has submitted an amicus curiae urging the United States Supreme Court to hear Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which challenges a state constitutional amendment marked by religious bias.
January 8, 2019

Amicus Brief: Ben Branch v. Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

Pioneer Institute, through its public interest law arm, PioneerLegal, has filed an amicus curiae brief in the case prepared by WilmerHale’s Mark Matuschak and Robert Kingsley Smith.
October 2, 2017

Amicus Brief: Jane Doe v. Peyser

Through its public interest law initiative PioneerLegal, Pioneer Institute has filed an amicus brief in an important case about public education that will be argued today before Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). Download Brief: