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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 24, 2010

ACLU sues to obtain Denver's MOU with FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force

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This lawsuit, ACLU v. City and County of Denver, relies on the...

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Aug 23, 2010

When A Strip Search Isn't Enough: Dept. of Corrections' Degrading Addition to Searching Women

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Aug 20, 2010

The ACLU of Colorado urges Governor Ritter to consider Secure Communities' many civil rights issues

ACLU of Colorado Staff Attorney Taylor Pendergrass sent a letter to Governor Ritter today, urging him to give serious consideration to the concerns we have raised about the Secure Communities Program. We...

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Aug 9, 2010

Clay v. Pelle

This lawsuit challenges a new policy of the Boulder County Jail that forbids prisoners to send letters and instead restricts their outgoing correspondence to postcards supplied by the jail. The only...

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Aug 3, 2010

Garcia v. Board of County Commissioners, El Paso County

Vincent Garcia committed suicide in the El Paso County Jail in 1983. His family filed a wrongful death and civil rights action against the sheriff and the Board of County Commissioners. When the case was...

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Aug 1, 2010

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...

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