Court Cases

March 12, 2012 — The city of Carlton, Oregon, held a hearing on a proposed city ordinance that would impose additional regulations on the growing of medical marijuana, an activity already regulated by the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act (OMMA).

September 2011 - Cell phone technology has given law enforcement agents the unprecedented ability to track individuals’ movements.

August 2011 – The ACLU of Oregon has urged the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) to make major changes in its procedures for carrying out the death penalty in order to lessen the risk of a botched execution in Oregon.

After an ACLU volunteer attorney contacted County Counsel Tuesday and County Commissioners heard testimony from upset pipeline opponents Wednesday, Douglas County changed course and will now allow anti-LNG activists to participate at the Douglas County Earth Day event this weekend in Roseburg.

Student Challenges Ban on Wearing “I ♥ Boobies” Cancer Awareness Bracelets

July 2010 - The ACLU of Oregon filed suit in U.S. District Court on behalf of a part-time Grant County elections worker who was told she would not be called in to work processing ballots in a recall election because she had signed a petition that led to the election.

August 2010 — Colby v. Gunson was a case in which an attorney, on his own behalf, made a request for an autopsy report under Oregon’s public records law.

December 10, 2009 - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Brandon Mayfield has no standing to pursue his claims against illegal seach and seizure in his challenge to the constitutionality of portions of the USA-Patriot Act.