Legal Docket

Garfield County Sheriff Persists in Referring Domestic Violence Victims to ICE
Families are victimized by Sheriff in Garfield County while in several other counties, ACLU of Colorado advocacy has resulted in change.
Burgbacher v. Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen
The ACLU of Colorado and the national ACLU Women’s Right Project took the first steps towards filing a lawsuit against a Jefferson County public charter school that illegally fired teacher Heather Burgbacher for asserting her right to pump breast milk for her infant child while at work.
Broadhurst v. American Pool Players Association, Inc.
The issue in this case is discrimination against women in a place of public accommodation.
Simpson v. University of Colorado at Boulder
While they were students at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the plaintiffs in this case were sexually assaulted by University football players and high school students the team was hoping to recruit.
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
This case raises the question of when, if ever, a victim of domestic violence who obtains a court order of protection can sue for damages caused by the failure of police officers who ignore repeated pleas to enforce that order.
When A Strip Search Isn't Enough: Denver's Degrading Addition to Searching Women
Today the ACLU and ACLU of Colorado called upon the Colorado Department of Corrections to abandon a new policy that subjects prisoners to degrading body cavity searches.