Court Cases

The ACLU opposed IP 30 because it creates a new constitutional “right to life” and then would make other fundamental civil liberties protections in the Oregon Constitution subordinate to that new right.

July 13, 2009 - The ACLU is representing Wayne Hadland in his suit against the City of Sweet Home to get relief from the improper impoundment of his vehicle. In the events leading up to the impoundment, Mr. Hadland lent his SUV to his daughter.

Levi Shepherd is a Seventh Day Adventist inmate of MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, which is administered by the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA). As a Seventh Day Adventist, Mr. Shepherd wants to attend religious services on Saturdays, his Sabbath. OYA does not provide those services.

The ACLU is directly representing Maria Araujo as she seeks remission of a court order demanding that she pay her brother-in-law’s security deposit of $20,000.

July 13, 2009 — The ACLU represented Jessica Lewis and a number of her fellow students at Forest Grove High School, where they applied to form a Gay-Straight Alliance.

July 2009 - Circuit Court Judge Rules Panhandling Ordinances Unconstitutional

On August 18, 2010, the Oregon Supreme Court ordered the Oregon School Activities Association to pay $66,230 in attorney fees. This case was on behalf of students at Portland Adventist Academy who sought a reasonable accommodation from the OSAA to compete in the state basketball tournament.

March 13, 2008 - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled that a City of Woodburn pre-employment drug-testing policy is unconstitutional, as applied to Janet Lynn Lanier. Lanier in 2004 had applied to be a page at Woodburn Library.

Joining our recent victory against the City of Winston for its unconstitutional sign ordinance is our victory in a lawsuit against the City of Silverton on behalf of Chris Linn.