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262 Court Cases
Court Case
Jun 3, 2011
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Mink v. Suthers

On January 8, 2004, the ACLU filed this lawsuit and asked for an emergency order to stop Weld County law enforcement authorities from pursuing a criminal investigation and prosecution of Thomas Mink, the publisher of The Howling Pig, an Internet-based publication that features satiric commentary on issues of public concern to the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) community.
Court Case
Jun 1, 2011
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Department of Justice Investigation of Denver Law Enforcement Request

Court Case
May 26, 2011
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  • Freedom of Expression & Religion

Jefferson County v. Boor

The ACLU of Colorado announced it would provide free criminal defense services to Shane Boor, a 35-year-old Colorado man with no criminal record who faces criminal prosecution and a jail sentence for displaying his middle finger to an officer of the Colorado State Patrol.
Court Case
May 23, 2011
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Quezada v. Mink

This suit, filed on behalf of Colorado resident Luis Quezada, asserts that Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink illegally imprisoned the ACLU’s client for 47 days in 2009 simply because federal immigration authorities suspected that Mr. Quezada was here in violation of federal immigration laws.
Court Case
May 23, 2011
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  • Student and Youth Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Moffat County School District Ban of "I ♥ Boobies!" bracelets

Court Case
May 9, 2011
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Vandehey v. Vallario

This class action, filed July 19, 2006, alleges that prisoners in the Garfield County Jail in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, are subjected to a pervasive pattern of disproportionate and excessive force carried out by deputies’ misuse and abuse of pepperball guns, restraint chairs, tasers, electroshock belts, and pepper spray. The jail has no written policies that limit deputies’ use of the first four of these devices, and the suit alleges that the one-page policy on pepper spray is insufficient as written and widely violated in practice.
Court Case
May 5, 2011
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

City of Boulder v. Madison

Homeless persons in Boulder are at risk of being prosecuted under a city ordinance that prohibits “camping.”
Court Case
Dec 20, 2010
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Martinez v. Maketa

This class-action lawsuit challenges a new policy of the El Paso County Jail (effective August 2, 2010) that bans prisoners from sending letters and instead restricts their outgoing correspondence (other than "legal mail") to 4" X 6" postcards supplied by the jail.
Court Case
Dec 14, 2010
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  • LGBTQ+ Equality|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU Letter Prompts School To Permit Student To Create Gay-Straight Alliance Club

Thanks to a letter from the ACLU, a Greeley high school student will be permitted to start a Gay-Straight Alliance at his school, despite officials’ initial reluctance.