Taylor v. Roberts

*151ON PETITION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE

PRATHER, Justice,

for the Court.

The permissibility of granting leave to file an Amicus Curiae brief is focused upon by this petition of the Mississippi Association of Realtors, Inc., a non-profit organization of some 2,600 real estate brokers and sales persons.

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By definition an amicus curiae is one who is a “friend of the court” or a “by-stander,” rather than an advocate or party who assists the court by offering information or otherwise. 3A C.J.S. Ami-cus Curiae § 1 and § 2, p. 422 (1973) Accord, 4 Am.Jur.2d Amicus Curiae § 2, (1962). The…