All Cases

245 Court Cases
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Mar 25, 2025
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Citizens Project et al. v. City of Colorado Springs

The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project joined a lawsuit challenging Colorado Springs’ unusual election timing, which violates many of its minority citizens’ rights.
Court Case
Mar 17, 2025
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Beagle v. People (Amicus)

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief arguing that Colorado’s Sexually Violent Predator designation is punishment.
Court Case
Feb 24, 2025
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  • Voting Rights|
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League of Women Voters of Greeley, et al. v. Board of County Commissioners of Weld County (Amicus)

Voters challenged the election map adopted by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners arguing that it must comply with the Colorado state redistricting statutes.
Court Case
Feb 19, 2025
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Griffith v. El Paso County, et al. (Amicus)

The ACLU of Colorado filed an Amicus Brief in support of Ms. Griffith, a transgender woman's, equal protection challenge to her pretrial confinement in the El Paso County jail, where she was assigned to the male housing unit and denied access to women’s commissary items.
Court Case
Feb 12, 2025
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  • Immigrant Justice|
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John Doe, et al. v. Schwalb, et al.

The ACLU of Colorado filed a lawsuit against an Aurora landlord after repeated threats to report tenants to immigration authorities.
Court Case
Feb 10, 2025
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Densmore v. People & Frazee v. People (Amicus)

In two cases involving DHS workers’ interrogations of parents in jail, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the DHS workers were not acting as agents of law enforcement so Miranda warnings were not required.
Court Case
Jan 30, 2025
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  • Immigrant Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Nash, et al. v. Mikesell, Sheriff of Teller County, CO

We argue that under the 287(g) Program, at the request of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”), the Sheriff unlawfully prolongs the detention of people who are incarcerated who are otherwise eligible for release from jail.
Court Case
Dec 18, 2024
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  • Freedom of Expression & Religion|
  • +3 Issues

Epps, et al. v. City and County of Denver, et al.

In a precedent setting opinion, the court stated that “the use of less-lethal munitions—as with any other type of pain-inflicting compliance technique—is unconstitutionally excessive force when applied to an unthreatening protester who has neither committed a serious offense nor attempted to flee."
Court Case
Dec 16, 2024
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

McDonald v. People and Ward v. People (Amicus)

In 2019, the CO Supreme Court changed how lengthy sentences are reviewed for proportionality. Now, the Court will decide whether people who were sentenced before 2019 can benefit from those changes.