Title 28:
Judicial Administration
PART 0—ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Subpart D—Office of the
Solicitor General
The following-described
matters are assigned to, and shall be conducted, handled, or supervised by, the
Solicitor General, in consultation with each agency or
official concerned:
(a) Conducting, or assigning and supervising,
all Supreme Court cases, including appeals, petitions for and in opposition to certiorari,
briefs and arguments, and, in accordance with §0.163, settlement thereof.
(b) Determining whether, and
to what extent, appeals will be taken by the Government to all appellate courts
(including petitions for rehearing en banc and petitions to such courts
for the issuance of extraordinary writs) and, in accordance with §0.163,
advising on the approval of settlements of cases in which he had determined that
an appeal would be taken.
(c) Determining whether a
brief amicus curiae will be filed by the Government, or whether the
Government will intervene, in any appellate court.
(d) Assisting the Attorney
General, the Deputy Attorney General and the Associate Attorney General in the
development of broad Department program policy.
[Order No. 423–69, 34 FR
20388, Dec. 31, 1969, as amended by Order No. 445–70, 35 FR 19397, Dec. 23,
1970; Order No. 960–81, 46 FR 52341, Oct. 27, 1981]