Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies
by flexie on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:46PM
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You are right that they have made separate declarations of support, but are they plaintiffs? I think 'et al' refers to the sole other plaintiff, the state of Minnesota:
http://stmedia.startribune.com/documents/1lori020217.pdf
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Re:Amicus brief on behalf of 97 tech companies
by dragonwriter on Monday February 06, 2017 @01:59PM
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You may be correct; I've seen a number of articles specifically claiming Amazon and Expedia joined the lawsuit (which has a clear and well accepted meaning), but on review there are also a lot claiming that the relation and there involvement is somewhat different, and I can't immediately find any definitive documentation of their joining as plaintiffs (they clearly weren't initial plaintiffs). Their involvement by any of the reports may still be of a kind to make it inappropriate for them to be amici, and they clearly support Washington (and Minnesota) substantively in the case, at any rate.