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Feb 26, 2020

Georgia NAACP et al. v DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections

Status: Decided

Between August and November of 2019, the DeKalb Board of Registration and Elections held at least four hearing in which private citizens challenged the legal voter registrations of eligible U.S. citizens....

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Nov 19, 2019

Open Records Request to Cobb County Sheriff’s Office

The ACLU of Georgia sent the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office an open records request regarding conditions at its Adult Detention Center. The ACLU of Georgia has now replied to the Cobb County Sheriff’s...

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Sep 11, 2019

Cobb et al v. Georgia Department of Community Supervision et al

Status: Mediation

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction directing the Georgia Department of Community Supervision to immediately provide qualified American Sign Language interpreters, auxiliary...

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Jul 15, 2019

Sutton v. McCoy

Status: Active

On July 10, 2019, the ACLU of Georgia and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC filed a lawsuit against a landlord for evicting Victoria Sutton, who is white, because she invited an African-American...

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Jun 28, 2019

SisterSong v. Kemp

Status: Closed

On June 28, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit on behalf of plaintiffs, including doctors, health care...

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Jun 6, 2019

Torres-Soto v. Barr

Status: Active

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s cash bail system that discriminates against people held...

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