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Legal Work

The national ACLU appears before the United States Supreme Court more than any other organization except the U.S. Department of Justice. About 200 ACLU staff attorneys collaborate with about 2,000 volunteer attorneys to handle thousands of cases annually.

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The ACLU of Utah litigates and provides amicus assistance in a variety of cases each year and resolves many more issues outside of the courtroom. Due to the extreme dedication and generosity of our volunteer cooperating attorneys, the attentiveness of our staff, and the support of our members and contributors, we have an active legal presence in Utah.

 

Resolved Cases

You may find all of the resolved cases in specific issue fields by visiting our Utah Issues pages

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Legal Advocacy

The ACLU of Utah seeks to address civil liberties problems without having to rely on litigation. Below are letters we have written on a variety of issues in which we attempted to resolve reported grievances outside of the courtroom.

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We will see you in court

25 August 2020 Published in Legal Work
Did you know the ACLU of Utah has more than six active lawsuits in 2020? From our challenge to federal immigration agents who raided the home of a Wasatch County family twice in two days (Ramirez v. Reddish) to our legal partnership with Planned Parenthood to overturn Utah's constitutional 18-week abortion ban (PPAU v. Miner) -- our staff that includes five lawyers and a paralegal stays busy.

Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics

16 June 2013 Published in Legal Work
National ACLU Challenges Patents on Breast Cancer Genes On May 12, 2009, the national office of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer are unconstitutional and should be invalidated. The lawsuit, Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Myriad Genetics, and the University of Utah Research Foundation, which hold the patents on the BRCA genes. The plaintiffs include organizations representing over 150,000 researchers and pathologists, breast cancer and women’s health groups, and individual women.

Main Street Easement

10 April 1999 Published in Legal Work
AFTER RECORDATION RETURN TO: Kirton & McConkie c/o Marc N. Mascaro 60 East South Temple, #1 800Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED SALT LAKE CITY CORPORATION, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah ("GRANTOR"), hereby specially conveys and warrants against all acts of Grantor, including without limitation any conveyance, alienation, mortgage or other transfer or encumbrance, and not otherwise, pursuant to Petition No. 400-98-79 and Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 28 of 19999 to the CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS a Utah corporation, whose mailing address is 50 East North Temple, Suite 1800, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, ("GRANTEE") for the sum of TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, all of Grantor’s interest in the following described real property located in Salt Lake County, State of Utah: SEE EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO Said conveyance is subject to the following reservation of easements: 1. Purpose of Easements. The easements reserved herein are intended and shall be used for the following purposes only: 1.1. Emergency and Public Safety. Grantor hereby reserves an easement over and across the surface…

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