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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Mar 19, 2014
Challenge to Grand Junction Anti-Panhandling Ordinance
Criminal Legal Reform
In March, 2014, the City of Grand Junction adopted an anti-panhandling ordinance that banned a wide swath of speech that is protected by the First Amendment. ...
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Mar 12, 2014
DISH Network Accommodation of Nursing Mothers
Women’s Rights
The ACLU of Colorado sent a letter on March 12, 2014 to DISH Network documenting multiple failures to accommodate nursing mothers at the company’s corporate headquarters in Englewood, where employees are...
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Dec 13, 2013
Debtors' Prisons
Criminal Legal Reform
In 2013, the ACLU of Colorado launched a campaign to stop Colorado's municipal courts from sending people to jail when they were unable to pay court-imposed fines for violations of minor...
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Nov 26, 2013
Hot Mama Theft Mitigation Policy
Racial Justice
Hot Mama, a national retail chain with three stores in Colorado, has a theft mitigation policy that instructs employees to identify “potential thieves” and follow them around the store until they become...
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Nov 20, 2013
Cardella v. Town of Castle Rock
Criminal Legal Reform
This lawsuit is filed under Colorado’s open records laws. It seeks disclosure of Castle Rock police department records related to the conduct of a police officer. The officer put innocent civilians in...
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Nov 12, 2013
Hickenlooper v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
Freedom of Expression & Religion
Four Colorado taxpayers and the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit in state court seeking a declaration that the Governor’s proclamation of a Day of Prayer violated the “no-preference” clause of...