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258 Court Cases
Court Case
Apr 13, 2022
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  • Women’s Rights

Hodgkins et al v. Frontier Airlines, Inc.

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Colorado, Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP, and Towards Justice filed two companion lawsuits against Frontier Airlines today for systematically denying its employees basic accommodations for pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Court Case
Aug 30, 2021
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  • Criminal Legal Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Barnes v. City of Colorado Springs

The ACLU of Colorado sued three Colorado Springs police officers for racial profiling and biased policing.
Court Case
Feb 04, 2021
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  • Unhoused Peoples' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

City of Fort Collins v. Wiemold

In this case, the ACLU of Colorado provided criminal defense for Adam Wiemold, a homeless man who was charged with illegal “camping” by Fort Collins police for sleeping in his vehicle at a designated rest area where truck drivers regularly sleep in their vehicles undisturbed by police.
Court Case
Dec 13, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Weikert et al. v. Bill Elder, Sheriff of El Paso County

ACLU of Colorado and three private attorneys filed a class action lawsuit against the El Paso County Sheriff about the conditions inside the El Paso County Jail during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Court Case
Sep 03, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Cisneros v. Elder

In this class action lawsuit, the ACLU of Colorado contends that El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder violates Colorado law by refusing to release prisoners who have posted bond, completed their sentence, or otherwise resolved their criminal case at the request of federal immigration officials.
Court Case
Aug 20, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Millard v. Sloan

In a groundbreaking ruling issued in 2017, federal district judge Richard Matsch declared that the Colorado statute requiring lifetime sex offender registry imposed cruel and unusual punishment on three convicted sex offenders whose cases the court heard in a bench trial. The civil rights case was litigated in the trial court by attorney Colorado attorney Alison Ruttenberg.
Court Case
May 28, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Winston v. Polis

ACLU of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit against Governor Polis and the Department of Corrections seeking an emergency order to compel the DOC to protect medically vulnerable incarcerated people from COVID-19.
Court Case
Apr 08, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Carranza v. Reams

The ACLU of Colorado sought an emergency order to protect high-risk people in jail from contracting COVID-19.
Court Case
Apr 03, 2020
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  • Criminal Legal Reform

Office of the State Public Defender v. County and District Courts for the First Through Twenty-Second Judicial Districts

The Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar and the Office of Alternate Defense Counsel filed two emergency petitions today asking the Colorado Supreme Court to take immediate action to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Colorado jails by issuing a directive that lower courts are to do their part to safely reduce the number of people who are incarcerated during this crisis.