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262 Court Cases
Court Case
Oct 8, 2024
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  • LGBTQ+ Equality|
  • +1 Issue

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Scardina (Amicus)

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.
Court Case
Sep 30, 2024
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Sellers v. People (Amicus)

We filed an amicus brief calling for an end to mandatory life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder.
Court Case
Sep 9, 2024
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Niemeyer v. Colorado (Amicus)

The ACLU of Colorado filed an amicus brief along with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers calling for the Colorado Supreme Court to recognize that a person held at a police station for two hours, restrained with bags over her hands, interrogated, and not permitted to leave, is in police custody, and thus must be read a Miranda advisement, no matter how police characterize the situation.
Court Case
Aug 22, 2024
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Colorado Health Network, Inc. and Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association v. City of Pueblo

The ACLU of Colorado sued the City of Pueblo to stop enforcement of a harmful new law prohibiting the operation of syringe exchange programs (SEPs) within city limits.
Court Case
Jun 3, 2024
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

People v. Johnson and People v. Austin (Amicus)

The ACLU of Colorado filed amicus briefs in two jury selection cases, arguing that prosecutors cannot exclude people of color from juries based on their experiences of racial injustice with police.
Court Case
May 23, 2024
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  • Government Transparency

Roane v. Elizabeth School District (Amicus)

We urge the Colorado Court of Appeals to not make it harder to sue the government over violations of Colorado's Open Meetings Law.
Court Case
Dec 4, 2023
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  • Women’s Rights

Freyer et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed a lawsuit against Frontier Airlines for systematically denying its employees basic accommodations for pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Court Case
Nov 30, 2023
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Mobley v. City of Rifle (Amicus)

We filed an amicus brief urging the Colorado Supreme Court to reaffirm Colorado’s longstanding equal protection guarantee.
Court Case
Nov 22, 2023
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

A.V. v. Douglas County School District RE-1, et al.

ACLU of Colorado sued the Douglas County School District, Douglas County Sheriff and several School Resource Officers for violating a student’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fourth Amendment.