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May 26, 2021

AME Church v. Kemp

Status: Active

Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church v. Kemp was filed in federal court in Atlanta. Civil rights groups filed this new federal lawsuit against Georgia’s sweeping law that makes...

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Jan 11, 2021

McBrayer v. Governors Ridge Office Park

Status: Won

The Georgia Court of Appeals agreed with the ACLU of Georgia’s position that commercial landlords cannot file ‘nuisance’ lawsuits against abortion clinics simply because anti-abortion protestors have...

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October 1, 2019 Americus - Mathis Kearse Wright Jr., who sued the Sumter County school board, stands on the grounds where the new Sumter County High School is being built. (Ryon Horne/RHORNE@AJC.COM)

Oct 27, 2020

Wright v. Sumter

Status: On appeal

In January 2020, a federal court in Albany agreed with the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Law Office of Bryan L. Sells, and the ACLU of Georgia, that the at-large voting scheme used to elect members to...

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Oct 9, 2020

Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski

Status: Won

The ACLU and its Florida and Georgia affiliates joined civil-rights organizations that span the ideological spectrum—Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Americans United for the Separation of Church and...

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Aug 25, 2020

Hoevver v Carraway

Status: Won

A district court jury found that correctional officers violated Mr. Hoever’s First Amendment rights when they repeatedly threatened to kill him in retaliation for filing grievances about his mistreatment....

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Jul 27, 2020

Jones v Hill

Status: Active

The Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit in federal district court on behalf of four people incarcerated at the Clayton County Jail....

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