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Jun 20, 2018

Coen v. GDOC

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Georgia filed a motion in federal court to pursue a class action lawsuit on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people imprisoned in and released from the...

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May 20, 2018

Palacios v. Kemp

Status: Closed

The ACLU of Georgia sued the Secretary of State in Superior Court of Fulton County, appealing the Secretary of State’s decision to kick off the ballot Maria Palacios, a Latina-American who has lived in...

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Mar 29, 2018

Rasman v. Stancil

Status: Won

The ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order against Steve Stancil, Executive Director of the Georgia Building Authority, and Captain Lewis Young, Chief of the Capitol...

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Mar 16, 2018

Solomon v. The Mayor and Alderman of the City of Savannah

Status: Won

The ACLU of Georgia along with the Claiborne Firm, P.C. and Woolf Law Firm filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Savannah seeking emergency injunctive relief to prevent the city from enforcing an...

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Mar 12, 2018

Jackson v. McCurry

Status: Closed

The ACLU of Georgia, represented by Alston & Bird LLP, filed an amicus brief with the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Jackson v. McCurry, a case that asks whether school administrators can...

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Mar 9, 2018

Mock v. Glynn County

Status: Settled

The ACLU of Georgia and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal class action lawsuit against Glynn County, Glynn County Sheriff E. Neal Jump, Glynn County Chief Magistrate Judge Alex Atwood, and...

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