Our legal team is constantly working on critical cases across the state. Below, you can find some of the cases we have been a part of.
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Aug 26, 2015
City of Wheat Ridge v. Taylor
Criminal Legal Reform
The Wheat Ridge Municipal Court violated a Colorado law banning debtor’s prison practices by sentencing a homeless man to jail because he could not pay a fine, according to a filing made on his behalf by...
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Feb 10, 2015
Landow v. City of Fort Collins
Criminal Legal Reform
On Feb. 10, 2015, The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a class action lawsuit challenging an anti-panhandling ordinance that is being widely enforced by Fort Collins, in violation of the...
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Jan 8, 2015
Gonzalez v. City of Trinidad
Criminal Legal Reform
ACLU attorneys filed this lawsuit against the City of Trinidad on behalf of two innocent women who were falsely arrested and prosecuted as part of a highly-publicized “drug sting” in December, 2013. ...
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Dec 2, 2014
Provino v. Big League Haircuts
Women’s Rights
The ACLU of Colorado and the ACLU Women’s Rights Project filed suit on behalf of Ashley Provino, a Grand Junction woman who was fired from her job, in violation of state and federal anti-discrimination laws...
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Jun 19, 2014
Valdez v. Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office
Immigrant Justice
Claudia Valdez called Arapahoe County Police in July 2012, when a domestic dispute with her husband turned physical. When law enforcement arrived on the scene, they arrested Valdez and took her to jail....
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Apr 30, 2014
ICE Detainers
Criminal Legal Reform
In mid-April, 2014, the ACLU of Colorado wrote to Denver Sheriff Gary Wilson demanding that Denver County stop honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. Detainers are requests from the...