Court Cases

The ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit seeking a declaration that state of Colorado officials are illegally confining hundreds of children in dangerous detention facilities instead of providing them with community services.

The ACLU of Colorado along with our partners filed a FOIA lawsuit against HHS for failing to respond to a FOIA request seeking transparency about the Trump administration’s unprecedented restrictions on federal childcare and family assistance funding.

The ACLU of Colorado is appealing the Silverthorne Municipal Court order that wrongfully sentenced Mr. Tettamanti to three days in jail for contempt.

ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit against ICE to obtain additional records regarding the agency’s ramp-up plans to expand immigration detention across Colorado and Wyoming. The government has since produced heavily redacted documents revealing some new information about ICE's plans.

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for certiorari asking the Colorado Supreme Court to decide whether the state hospital’s nine-month delay in sending Mr. Vernagallo to restoration services is attributable to the government for the purpose of his constitutional right to a speedy trial.

The ACLU of Colorado and National ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative filed an Amicus Curiae Brief in the Court of Appeals in a case challenging the Adams County Detention Facility’s ban on in-person and contact visitations.

The ACLU of Colorado joined the Innocence Project and the Korey Wise Innocence Project to submit Amici Briefs in support of challenges to the admissibility of firearm toolmark analysis.

This case concerns the Colorado Springs Police Department’s use of unconstitutional warrants to comb through activists’ digital data in retaliation for their political speech and association.

The ACLU of Colorado sued the Elizabeth School District because it banned and removed at least 19 books from school libraries based on the school board’s disagreement with the ideas they contain. The plaintiffs include students who have a right to access those books.