In the summer of 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deployed more than a hundred federal law enforcement agents to Portland as part of “...
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Aug 5, 2020
ACLU of Oregon et al v. Portland
Free Speech
During the racial justice protests of 2020, which erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis Police, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) surveilled...
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Jun 30, 2020
Index Newspapers LLC v City of Portland
Free Speech
Status: Active
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon and Braunhagey & Borden LLP filed a class-action lawsuit on June 28, 2020 on behalf of journalists and legal observers who were targeted and...
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Nov 7, 2019
Jones Hollister Appeal
Status: Victory!
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Eugene resident Jones Hollister’s right to a nonbinary gender marker. Hollister’s gender is nonbinary, but their petition for a nonbinary gender marker was...
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Sep 19, 2019
Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
LGBTQ+ Rights
Status: Active
The ACLU of Oregon has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Oregon Court of Appeals in Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI). The United States Supreme Court sent the case...
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Aug 14, 2019
Andrade-Tafolla v. United States
Status: Victory!
The ACLU of Oregon and cooperating attorneys at Johnson Johnson Lucas & Middleton filed a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act on behalf of Isidro Andrade-Tafolla against Immigrations and Custom...