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10 Colorado Cases

Sellers v. People
Colorado
Nov 2023

Racial Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Sellers v. People

In September 2023, the ACLU, the 桃子视频of Colorado, The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, the law firm Mintz Levin, and other partners filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Supreme Court arguing that mandatory life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences for strict liability felony murder are 鈥渃ruel and unusual鈥 in violation of the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions. The brief focuses on how these mandatory LWOP sentences drive racial injustice.
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Colorado
Nov 2023
Sellers v. People

Racial Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Sellers v. People

In September 2023, the ACLU, the 桃子视频of Colorado, The Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, the law firm Mintz Levin, and other partners filed an amicus brief with the Colorado Supreme Court arguing that mandatory life-without-parole (LWOP) sentences for strict liability felony murder are 鈥渃ruel and unusual鈥 in violation of the Colorado and U.S. Constitutions. The brief focuses on how these mandatory LWOP sentences drive racial injustice.
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SCOTUS April 2015
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

LGBTQ Rights

+2 桃子视频

303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

This case concerns whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel a business that chooses to serve the public to provide wedding website design services without discriminating against a same-sex couple violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
SCOTUS April 2015

LGBTQ Rights

+2 桃子视频

303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

This case concerns whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel a business that chooses to serve the public to provide wedding website design services without discriminating against a same-sex couple violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
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People v. Tafoya
Colorado Supreme Court
Sep 2021

Privacy & Technology

National Security

People v. Tafoya

This case concerns whether the government may surreptitiously record the activities around a person鈥檚 home using a remotely operated, pole-mounted video camera for an extended period of time without a warrant. On September 13, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects against such surveillance and requires that police obtain a warrant.
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Colorado Supreme Court
Sep 2021
People v. Tafoya

Privacy & Technology

National Security

People v. Tafoya

This case concerns whether the government may surreptitiously record the activities around a person鈥檚 home using a remotely operated, pole-mounted video camera for an extended period of time without a warrant. On September 13, 2021, the Colorado Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects against such surveillance and requires that police obtain a warrant.
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Dashir Moore
Colorado
Feb 2019

LGBTQ Rights

Moore v. InnoSource Inc.

The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频 of Colorado filed a discrimination charge against InnoSource Inc. on behalf of Dashir Moore, a 32-year-old transgender man who was denied health care coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria and subsequent transition-related care. Insurance carve-outs for transition-related care are illegal, yet two days after his surgery Mr. Moore was informed that his insurance company had denied the claim and he began receiving bills from the hospital, which eventually totaled nearly $30,000.
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Colorado
Feb 2019
Dashir Moore

LGBTQ Rights

Moore v. InnoSource Inc.

The 桃子视频 and the 桃子视频 of Colorado filed a discrimination charge against InnoSource Inc. on behalf of Dashir Moore, a 32-year-old transgender man who was denied health care coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria and subsequent transition-related care. Insurance carve-outs for transition-related care are illegal, yet two days after his surgery Mr. Moore was informed that his insurance company had denied the claim and he began receiving bills from the hospital, which eventually totaled nearly $30,000.
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Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.
Colorado
Oct 2014

Human Rights

Women's Rights

Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.

In the first case brought by a survivor of domestic violence against the U.S. before an international human rights tribunal, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found that the United States violated the human rights of Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) and her children. The decision underscores that the U.S. is failing in its legal obligation to protect women and girls from domestic violence.
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Colorado
Oct 2014
Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.

Human Rights

Women's Rights

Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.

In the first case brought by a survivor of domestic violence against the U.S. before an international human rights tribunal, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found that the United States violated the human rights of Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) and her children. The decision underscores that the U.S. is failing in its legal obligation to protect women and girls from domestic violence.
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