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264 Court Cases
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.
Court Case
Nov 12, 2023
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  • Freedom of Expression & Religion

VoteAmerica, et al. v. Schwab, et al. (Amicus)

In a victory for voting rights, a federal district court sided with two civic engagement organizations that challenged the Kansas law, concluding that it violated the First Amendment. When the state appealed that decision to the Tenth Circuit, the ACLU—joined by our affiliate in Colorado and other affiliates from around the country —filed an amicus brief to emphasize the force of the First Amendment protections afforded to the political speech at issue in this case.
Court Case
Oct 3, 2023
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  • Freedom of Expression & Religion

Ruths v. Woodland Park School District RE-2 et al.

Court Case
Jun 27, 2023
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  • Freedom of Expression & Religion

Billy Raymond Counterman v. People of CO (Amicus)

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Colorado, the Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Coalition Against Censorship filed a friend-of-the-court brief arguing that the First Amendment requires subjective intent to threaten, in addition to objectively threatening words, as an essential element of any true threat.
Court Case
Mar 21, 2023
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  • Immigrant Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Cisneros v. Elder (compensation for false imprisonment)

This case seeks monetary compensation for Saul Cisneros, who was illegally kept prisoner in the El Paso County Jail for almost four months after his daughter posted his bond.
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 4, 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.