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Colorado ACLU Cases

Legal Department Docket, 2002-Present

Case Name: Beerheide v. Suthers
Case Number: 00-1086, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
ACLU Case Number: 2000-20

Description: Relying on the First Amendment guarantee of the right to freely exercise their religious beliefs, Jewish prisoners persuaded the federal district court to order the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) to provide them with a diet of kosher food. When the DOC appealed, the ACLU weighed in with an amicus brief in support of the prisoners. The Tenth Circuit handed down a favorable decision on April 11, 2002.

Issues: Religious Freedom, Rights of Prisoners

Published Opinion: Beerheide v. Suthers, 286 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2002)

ACLU of Colorado Attorneys: Stephen E. Abrams, Mark Silverstein

Links to Selected Documents:

ACLU Amicus Brief, filed December 11, 2000

Beerheide v. Suthers, 286 F.3d 1179 (10th Cir. 2002)