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262 Court Cases
Court Case
Sep 30, 2015
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Challenge to Grand Junction Anti-Panhandling Ordinance

ACLU lawyers filed suit in federal court just five days before Grand Junction's new panhandling ordinance was scheduled to go into effect.
Court Case
May 28, 2015
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  • Women’s Rights

Provino v. Big League Haircuts

The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project filed suit on behalf of Ashley Provino, a Grand Junction woman who was fired from her job, in violation of state and federal anti-discrimination laws, for asserting her right to pump breast milk at work.
Court Case
Apr 24, 2015
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Landow v. City of Fort Collins

On February 10, 2015, ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit challenging an anti-panhandling ordinance that is being widely enforced by Fort Collins, in violation of the free speech rights of people who are impoverished and homeless, as well as street performers and non-profit canvassers.
Court Case
Jun 19, 2014
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  • Immigrant Justice

Valdez v. Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office

After learning about Claudia Valdez's detention on an ICE detainer, the ACLU of Colorado sent a draft complaint to Arapahoe County. Within a few weeks, the county agreed to an out-of-court settlement of $30,000 to compensate Valdez for her detention.
Court Case
Apr 30, 2014
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

ICE Detainers

Court Case
Mar 12, 2014
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  • Women’s Rights

DISH Network Accommodation of Nursing Mothers

The ACLU of Colorado sent a letter on March 12, 2014 to DISH Network documenting multiple failures to accommodate nursing mothers at the company’s corporate headquarters in Englewood, where employees are forced to pump breast milk in front of their co-workers and supervisors, without privacy screens or curtains, and at a DISH Network call center in Littleton, where the lactation room is located inside a bathroom in direct violation of federal and state law.
Court Case
Dec 14, 2013
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Debtors' Prisons

Court Case
Nov 26, 2013
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  • Racial Justice

Hot Mama Theft Mitigation Policy

Court Case
Nov 21, 2013
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Cardella v. Town of Castle Rock

This lawsuit is filed under Colorado’s open records laws and seeks disclosure of Castle Rock police department records related to the conduct of a police officer.