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5 Court Cases
Dec 16, 2022
Coca and Rangel-Lopez v. City of Dodge City
On December 15, 2022, the ACLU of Kansas, UCLA Voting Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union, and pro bono partner Cleary Gottlieb LLP filed a federal challenge to the at-large method of elections in Dodge City, Kansas, charging it unlawfully dilutes the voting power of Latine* residents.
Dec 12, 2022
Kansas v. Young
If the death penalty is racist, arbitrary and serves no valid penological purpose, does it violate the Kansas constitution? The Sedgwick County District Court will grapple with this question at an unprecedented evidentiary hearing beginning on February 6, 2023.
Feb 15, 2022
Alonzo et al. v. Schwab et al. (Rivera v. Schwab)
On February 14, 2021, the ACLU of Kansas and partners filed suit in Wyandotte County District Court Monday, seeking to block the recently enacted congressional redistricting map. On May 18, 2022, the Supreme Court of Kansas ruled against the Plaintiffs, allowing the Ad Astra 2 map to take effect.
Aug 31, 2020
AMICUS BRIEF: Animal Legal Defense Fund et al v. Kelly and Schmidt
On August 31, 2020, the ACLU of Kansas and the ACLU of Utah filed an amicus brief in Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Food Safety, Shy 38 Inc., and Hope Sanctuary v. Laura Kelly and Derek Schmidt challenging Kansas’ “Ag-Gag” law in the 10th Circuit after the State appealed.
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