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Feb 27, 2018

Ramirez v. Reddish (2018)

Immigrants' Rights
Status: Active

On Tuesday, February 27, 2018,  the ACLU of Utah Foundation, Inc. announced a new lawsuit filed against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S Marshals over two SWAT-style, home...

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Jul 12, 2017

Disability Law Center v. Utah (2017)

Disability Rights

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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Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission v. San Juan County et al
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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Roe v Patton
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.

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Uroza v. Salt Lake County
Aug 5, 2014

Uroza v. Salt Lake County (2014)

Immigrants' Rights
Status: Closed

On August 5, 2011, the ACLU of Utah with cooperating attorney B. Kent Morgan of The Dyer Law Group filed a complaint in federal district court on behalf of 22-year-old college student Enrique Uroza.

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Apr 14, 2014

Utah v. Pyle (2014)

Fourth Amendment - The ACLU of Utah and ACLU filed a legal brief in support of a Utah paramedic whose Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police swept up his confidential prescription records in a...

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