The ACRU originally restricted itself to amicus briefs, having filed briefs in 15 cases by 2008; its first was in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a case argued on April 2000, in which the Supreme Court decided that the Boy Scouts could not be legally forced to retain openly gay adult Scout leaders.
Due to a lack of resources, the ACRU originally restricted itself to amicus briefs, having filed briefs in 15 cases by 2008. The ACRU filed its first amicus brief in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a case in which the Supreme Court decided that the Boy Scouts could not be legally forced to retain openly gay adult Scout leaders. Boy Scouts of America et al. v. Dale Argued April 26, 2000
Decided June 28, 2000 
