Colorado
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7 Colorado Cases
Colorado
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Citizens Project v. City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs鈥檚 unusually-timed elections suppress voter turnout鈥攄isproportionately, among the City鈥檚 Black and Hispanic population. This federal court lawsuit challenges the City鈥檚 election timing for violating our clients鈥 right to vote free from denial of abridgment on account of race under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Colorado
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
Citizens Project v. City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs鈥檚 unusually-timed elections suppress voter turnout鈥攄isproportionately, among the City鈥檚 Black and Hispanic population. This federal court lawsuit challenges the City鈥檚 election timing for violating our clients鈥 right to vote free from denial of abridgment on account of race under the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Colorado Supreme Court
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Greeley, Weld County v. Board of County Commissioners of Weld County (Amicus)
When drawing its new maps, the Weld County Board of County Commissioners violated Colorado law imposing specific requirements meant to guarantee that county commission districts are drawn transparently and fairly, such that voters are empowered to elect responsive and accountable commissioners. A Colorado district court granted summary judgment to voter plaintiffs who challenged the maps, but the Board appealed the decision, arguing in part that voters lacked standing and a right of action to challenge the unlawful districts.
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Colorado Supreme Court
Aug 2024
Voting Rights
League of Women Voters of Greeley, Weld County v. Board of County Commissioners of Weld County (Amicus)
When drawing its new maps, the Weld County Board of County Commissioners violated Colorado law imposing specific requirements meant to guarantee that county commission districts are drawn transparently and fairly, such that voters are empowered to elect responsive and accountable commissioners. A Colorado district court granted summary judgment to voter plaintiffs who challenged the maps, but the Board appealed the decision, arguing in part that voters lacked standing and a right of action to challenge the unlawful districts.
Colorado
Nov 2023
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Sellers v. People
In September 2023, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 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
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
Sellers v. People
In September 2023, the 老澳门开奖结果, the 老澳门开奖结果 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
LGBTQ Rights
+2 Issues
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
LGBTQ Rights
+2 Issues
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.
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
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.