During the 2025 legislative session, we fought tirelessly against unprecedented government overreach to protect your civil rights and liberties. See how your rights were impacted in our 2025 Utah Legislative Report.
Equal Protection - On July 6, 2017, the ACLU of Utah, the law firm of Latham & Watkins, and the ACLU Disability Rights Program filed a lawsuit demanding a right to counsel for anyone who is to be put...
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Sep 19, 2016
Drug Enforcement Administration v. Utah Department of Commerce (2017)
Criminal Legal System
The ACLU, the ACLU of Utah, Equality Utah, Salt Lake County Firefighters IAFF Local 1696, and two individuals are seeking to intervene in a case to thwart an administrative subpoena filed by the federal...
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Mar 17, 2016
Winston v. Salt Lake City Police Department (2016)
Criminal Legal System
Status: Decided
In 2012, the ACLU of Utah and the ACLU Racial Justice Project brought a federal lawsuit on behalf of three West High School students against school and police defendants over a “gang operation” conducted at...
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Feb 25, 2016
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission v. San Juan County et al (2016)
Indigenous Justice
Status: Closed
The lawsuit, on behalf of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission, and seven members of the Navajo Nation, challenges the County’s decision to switch to a mail-only voting system, and designating the only...
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Sep 8, 2015
Utah Animal Rights Coalition v. Farmington City (2015)
First Amendment
Status: Closed
On September 9, 2015, the ACLU of Utah and the Utah Civil Rights & Liberties Foundation filed a complaint on behalf of the Utah Animal Rights Coalition, Jeremy Beckham, and Alexis Levitt challenging...
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Apr 13, 2015
Roe v. Patton (2015)
LGBTQ+ Equality
Status: Decided
The ACLU of Utah and the national ACLU LGBT Project filed a lawsuit to force the State Office of Vital Records and Statistics to recognize a married same-sex couple as legal parents of their child.