Office of the Solicitor General

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component of the United States Department of Justice office

The Office of the Solicitor General is the U.S. Justice Department division responsible for representing the federal government before the Supreme Court and shaping its appellate litigation strategy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Solicitor General canonical	9
Solicitor General of the United States	6
Office of the Solicitor General of the United States	5
Office of the U.S. Solicitor General	1
Solicitor General’s staff	1
United States Solicitor General	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	component of the United States Department of Justice ⓘ office ⓘ
appearsBefore	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Courts of Appeals
authority	delegated by the Attorney General of the United States ⓘ
branch	executive branch of the United States ⓘ surface form: executive branch of the United States government
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	Assistants to the Solicitor General ⓘ Deputy Solicitors General ⓘ
establishedBy	Act of Congress ⓘ
goal	present the United States’ positions to the Supreme Court with candor and consistency ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Office of the Solicitor General self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Solicitor General of the United States
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalSystem	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal judiciary
locatedIn	Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	often referred to as the Tenth Justice because of its close relationship with the Supreme Court ⓘ
oversees	appellate litigation involving the United States in the Supreme Court ⓘ most civil and criminal appeals involving the United States in federal appellate courts ⓘ
parentOrganization	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf	United States Department of Justice ⓘ
primaryRole	represents the federal government before the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
responsibility	advises the Attorney General on matters of Supreme Court and appellate litigation ⓘ approves the filing of amicus curiae briefs by the United States in federal appellate courts ⓘ approves the filing of amicus curiae briefs by the United States in the Supreme Court ⓘ authorizes government appeals in most federal appellate cases ⓘ conducts and supervises government litigation in the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ coordinates legal positions of federal agencies in appellate litigation ⓘ decides whether the United States will appeal adverse decisions in federal appellate courts ⓘ decides whether the United States will petition the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari ⓘ determines the legal position the United States will take before the Supreme Court ⓘ ensures consistency of the federal government’s legal positions across cases ⓘ may confess error on behalf of the United States in appropriate cases ⓘ participates in oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ prepares and files briefs in Supreme Court cases involving the United States ⓘ represents federal agencies in Supreme Court litigation ⓘ reviews cases decided against the United States in lower courts for possible Supreme Court review ⓘ screens requests from federal agencies to appeal adverse decisions ⓘ shapes the federal government’s appellate litigation strategy ⓘ
subordinateTo	United States Attorney General ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of the United States
typeOfJurisdiction	nationwide ⓘ
worksOn	administrative law cases involving federal agencies ⓘ constitutional law cases involving the federal government ⓘ statutory interpretation cases involving federal law ⓘ
worksWith	United States Attorneys ⓘ United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Courts of Appeals federal executive agencies ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saturday Night Massacre → officeInvolved → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

United States Deputy Attorney General → worksWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Thurgood Marshall → positionHeld → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Office of the Attorney General → supervises → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division → collaboratesWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

United States Attorney General → supervises → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Office of the Solicitor General → headOfGovernmentBody → Office of the Solicitor General self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Judiciary Act of 1870 → created → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States

Robert H. Jackson → positionHeld → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Solicitor General

Archibald Cox → positionHeld → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Archibald Cox → servedIn → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States

John G. Roberts Jr. → workedAt → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the U.S. Solicitor General

President William Howard Taft → positionHeld → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

subject surface form: William Howard Taft

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Robert Bork → positionHeld → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General of the United States

Appellate Section → collaboratesWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Indian Resources Section → collaboratesWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Samuel A. Alito Jr. → workedFor → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States

Appellate Section → collaboratesWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Appellate Staff of the Civil Division → worksWith → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Solicitor General of the United States → oversees → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

Division of Appeals and Opinions → employer → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

this entity surface form: Solicitor General’s staff

Sri Srinivasan (as Chief Judge of the D.C. Circuit) → employer → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

subject surface form: Sri Srinivasan

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. → workedAt → Office of the Solicitor General ⓘ

subject surface form: Donald B. Verrilli Jr.

this entity surface form: Office of the Solicitor General of the United States