• About
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Job Opportunities
    • Marching On: ACLU Kansas microgrant program
  • Our Work
    • Legislative Advocacy
    • Cases
    • Letters to Officials
  • Resources
    • Reports & Toolkits
    • Hot Topic Series: be informed about the issues.
    • LGBTQ+ Resource Hub
    • System-Impacted Resource Hub
    • ELECTION PROTECTION
    • Request Legal Assistance
  • News
    • ACLU of Kansas in the News
    • Blog
    • Press Releases
    • MARCHING ON! The ACLU of Kansas Podcast
  • Events
  • Take Action
    • Become a Leader in Your Community
    • Sign Up to Take Action
    • Share your story
    • Sign up for our updates
    • Shop ACLU merch
    • Request Help
  • Donate
    • Donate
    • Join or Become a Member
    • Other ways to donate and FAQs
  • Donate
    • Donate
    • Join or Become a Member
    • Other ways to donate and FAQs

Court Cases

Share this page
      • Active
      • Advancing liberty
      • Closed
      • Decided
      • Defending liberty
      • Filed
      • Historic
      • In federal trail court
      • In State Supreme Court
      • In state trial court
      • In U.S. Supreme Court
      • Landmark case
      • Lost
      • Lost appeal
      • On appeal
      • Open
      • Other
      • Pending
      • Victory!
      • Won
      • Won appeal
      • Criminal Legal Reform
      • Immigrants' Rights
      • LGBTQ+ Rights
      • Racial Justice
      • Reproductive Freedom
      • The First Amendment
      • Voting Rights
Filter by Status: Closed
    • Active
    • Advancing liberty
    • Closed
    • Decided
    • Defending liberty
    • Filed
    • Historic
    • In federal trail court
    • In State Supreme Court
    • In state trial court
    • In U.S. Supreme Court
    • Landmark case
    • Lost
    • Lost appeal
    • On appeal
    • Open
    • Other
    • Pending
    • Victory!
    • Won
    • Won appeal
    • Criminal Legal Reform
    • Immigrants' Rights
    • LGBTQ+ Rights
    • Racial Justice
    • Reproductive Freedom
    • The First Amendment
    • Voting Rights

All Cases

5 Court Cases
Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
Placeholder image
  • Voting Rights

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.
Court Case
Dec 12, 2022
We're putting the death penalty on trial.
  • Criminal Legal Reform

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.
Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
redistricting: the fight for fair maps in kansas
  • Voting Rights

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.
Court Case
Aug 31, 2020
Placeholder image
  • The First Amendment

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.
Court Case
Apr 10, 2020
Placeholder image
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Hadley et al. v. Zmuda et al

Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
Placeholder image
Court Case
Dec 16, 2022
  • Voting Rights

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.
Explore Case
Court Case
Dec 12, 2022
We're putting the death penalty on trial.
Court Case
Dec 12, 2022
  • Criminal Legal Reform

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.
Explore Case
Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
redistricting: the fight for fair maps in kansas
Court Case
Feb 15, 2022
  • Voting Rights

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.
Explore Case
Court Case
Aug 31, 2020
Placeholder image
Court Case
Aug 31, 2020
  • The First Amendment

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.
Explore Case
Court Case
Apr 10, 2020
Placeholder image
Court Case
Apr 10, 2020
  • Criminal Legal Reform

Hadley et al. v. Zmuda et al

Explore Case

Stay Informed

Sign up to be the first to hear about how to take action.

By completing this form, I agree to receive occasional emails per the terms of the ACLU’s privacy statement.

By completing this form, I agree to receive occasional emails per the terms of the ACLU’s privacy statement.

  • Request Assistance
  • Press Releases
  • Contact Us
  • Donate

© 2025 ACLU of Kansas

  • User Agreement
  • Privacy Statement
  • Website Accessibility