I though Heller might have the most briefs filed ever. It has not but it is in the top 10, per this law.com article.

The NRA rightfully took some heat over the Heller case back when it was Parker v. DC. The NRA didn’t really want the case to proceed because it could be for all the marbles. But NRA is trying to make amends in the case:

The three lawyers then tried to identify which organizations and attorneys would be best suited to address those issues in amicus briefs.

“We tried to get folks together at a meeting and encouraged them as to what topics each should tackle,” he said. “We met with some success in that regard.”

Levy said his side was helped “immeasurably” by the National Rifle Association, which not only filed its own amicus brief but led the effort to get an amicus brief on behalf of 250 members of Congress that also was signed by Vice President Richard Cheney.

“That was an effort we could not have mounted,” he conceded. “They have enormous resources we don’t have.”

The 47 amicus briefs, he also conceded, are “too many,” but probably the result of a blanket permission for the filing of amicus briefs.

“We didn’t want set up ourselves as obstacles to reasonable discourse,” he said. “The disadvantage is we get briefs making points we would not make.”

Good for NRA.

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