FOIA Contact:
K. McCain
Office of the Solicitor General
Room 3632
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
(202) 514-2203
Conventional Reading Room:
Office of the Solicitor General
Room 3632
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Electronic Reading Room
This includes frequently requested records, opinions, policy statements, and staff manuals/instructions to staff, created by the Office of the Solicitor General after November 1, 1996.
Component Description:
The Solicitor General is responsible for authorizing all Government appeals and petitions for rehearing en banc or mandamus in the courts of appeals and petitions for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court. In addition, the Solicitor General is responsible for briefing and arguing the Government's cases in the Supreme Court. The Office of the Solicitor General maintains records relating to appeals and petitions for which authorization to file has been sought, and maintains records on Supreme Court cases to which the United States or a Government agency was a party. The office also maintains records relating to the administration of the office.
Special information required to make a FOIA request: None
Publicly available information for which a FOIA request is not required:
Government briefs and petitions for the current Term of the United States Supreme Court.If interested in such information, please contact the office listed above.
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