Court Cases

The Colorado Supreme Court upholds the availability of the Colorado Open Records Act to parties litigating against an agency that holds public records

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief with Spero Justice and Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel arguing that Colorado’s habitual sentencing scheme is unconstitutional.

The ACLU of Colorado is investigating and bringing habeas corpus cases based on unlawful practices occurring in the Pueblo Municipal Court where the court is issuing new “Contempt of Court” charges against defendants for missing court dates, resulting in extreme and illegal jail sentences.

The ACLU of Colorado is investigating the implications of severe and pervasive misconduct by a Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) senior DNA analyst, Yvonne “Missy” Woods, as well as CBI’s response to Ms. Woods’ misconduct.

We filed another amicus brief urging the Colorado Supreme Court to conclude that Colorado’s longstanding equal protection guarantee is violated when two laws punish identical conduct in dramatically different ways.

We participated as amicus in a case requesting the Colorado Supreme Court to provide clear guidance related to the judicially created “cure” doctrine that permits a state or local public body to ‘cure’ a prior violation of the Colorado Open Meetings Law by holding a subsequent complying meeting.

We filed an amicus brief arguing that there is no Free Exercise Clause violation when a governmental body conditions a public benefit on a religion-neutral and generally applicable requirement.

We signed onto an amicus brief with the Office of Respondent Parents’ Counsel, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, and Disability Law Colorado urging the Colorado Supreme Court to hold that a parent does not waive her right to a jury trial by not appearing in court when her lawyer is present.

We argue that the First Amendment does not allow Masterpiece Cakeshop to refuse selling a cake to a transgender woman who is celebrating her identity.