Brandeis brief — Bran·deis brief / bran ˌdīs / n [from Louis D. Brandeis (1856–1941), who introduced evidence of social and economic factors in his arguments before the Supreme Court in the case Muller v. Oregon]: a brief containing information and statistics… … Law dictionary
Brandeis Brief — The Brandeis Brief was a pioneering legal brief that was the first in United States legal history to rely not on pure legal theory, but also on analysis of factual data. It is named after litigator Louis Brandeis, who collected empirical data… … Wikipedia
Brandeis brief — Form of appellate brief in which economic and social surveys and studies are included along with legal principles and citations and which takes its name from Louis D. Brandeis, former Associate Justice of Supreme Court, who used such brief while… … Black's law dictionary
Brandeis brief — Form of appellate brief in which economic and social surveys and studies are included along with legal principles and citations and which takes its name from Louis D. Brandeis, former Associate Justice of Supreme Court, who used such brief while… … Black's law dictionary
Brandeis — may refer to:* Brandeis (department store), an American department store chain * Brandeis Brokers, a broker on the London Metal Exchange * Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice * Things named for Louis Brandeis: ** Brandeis Brief, a 1908… … Wikipedia
brief — briefer, n. briefness, n. /breef/, adj., briefer, briefest, n., v. adj. 1. lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country. 2. using few words; concise; succinct: a brief report on weather conditions.… … Universalium
Brandeis, Louis — ▪ United States jurist born Nov. 13, 1856, Louisville, Ky., U.S. died Oct. 5, 1941, Washington, D.C. lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1916–39) who was the first Jew to sit on the high court. Brandeis parents, members … Universalium
Brandeis, Louis (Dembitz) — born Nov. 13, 1856, Louisville, Ky., U.S. died Oct. 5, 1941, Washington, D.C. U.S. jurist. The son of Bohemian Jewish immigrants, he attended schools in Kentucky and Germany before obtaining his law degree from Harvard (1877). As a lawyer in… … Universalium
Brandeis University — Infobox University image size = 149px name = Brandeis University motto = אמת ( transl|sem|Emet , Hebrew) Truth Even Unto Its Innermost Parts (English) mottoeng = Truth established = 1948 type = Private calendar = Semester president = Jehuda… … Wikipedia
Brandeis, Louis Dembitz — (1856–1941) US Supreme Court judge and Zionist leader. Brandeis was the most eminent American Jew in his time, and his accession to Zionism late in life gave the movement a new political dimension in the United States. His parents came from … Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
