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Sep 25, 2017

Ebner v. Cobb County

Status: Active

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia and Mitchell & Shapiro LLP, filed suit against the Cobb County Police Department for arresting and jailing three innocent Georgians based on the unfounded...

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Aug 17, 2017

Alisha Coleman v. Bobby Dodd Institute

Status: Settled

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Georgia and co-counsel Buckley Beal LLP filed a brief in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that their client, Alisha Coleman, was subjected to...

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Jul 28, 2017

Hopkins v. Kemp

Status: Won

The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia sued the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections on behalf of Stacey Hopkins, a registered voter and Atlanta resident who was sent an illegal purge...

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Jul 18, 2017

ACLU of Georgia v. Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections

Status: Won

On July 18, American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia sued the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections for violating state law when it approved a set of polling place closures and changes...

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Jun 13, 2017

Common Cause, et al v. Brian Kemp

On June 12, 2017, the ACLU of Georgia filed an amicus brief with the Eleventh Circuit in support of the plaintiffs Common Cause and the Georgia NAACP in their challenge to Georgia's illegal voter...

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May 2, 2017

Henry County Board of Education v. S.G.

Status: In State Supreme Court

On May 1, 2017, the ACLU of Georgia and the American Civil Liberties Union filed an amicus brief in Henry County Board of Education v. S.G., in support of Plaintiff "S.G." S.G. is a high school student...

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