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01.04.02
Supermax Prison Case Goes to Trial January 7, 2002
Trial Will Focus on Conditions at Assignment to Penitentiary
A week-long trial begins Monday in a class-action lawsuit brought by more than 300 inmates over brutal conditions at the “Supermax” prison in Youngstown. The case, filed on behalf of the inmates last January by the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the New-York based Center for Constitutional Rights, broadly challenges many aspects of Read more…
General Civil Liberties
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12.29.01
Ohio Supreme Court Invalidates Cincinnati Drug Zones
ACLU Hails Victory in Second Case to Declare Local Law Unconstitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court has declared a Cincinnati law excluding certain persons from one of that city’s neighborhood based solely on their arrest for a drug related offence. In a six-to-one decision written by Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, the Court held that Chapter 755 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code violated the right to intrastate travel Read more…
Police Practices
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12.19.01
ACLU Sues Ohio BMV over Vanity License Plates Policy
Lawsuit Alleges State Applies Arbitrary and Vague Standards in Violation of First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation will file a lawsuit in United States District Court in Columbus on the morning of December 20, 2001, alleging that the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicle’s policy for approving drivers’ applications for vanity plates violates the First Amendment. The suit is being brought on behalf of a Read more…
Free Speech
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11.20.01
ACLU Sues Dublin Schools Over Drug Testing
School's Policy Subjects Student Athletes to Random Tests Without Evidence of Problem
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation will file a class action lawsuit in United States District Court in Columbus on the afternoon of November 20, 2001, challenging the Dublin City School District’s policy of random drug testing of student athletes. The Dublin School District’s policy provides for the testing of all student athletes Read more…
Privacy
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09.05.01
ACLU to Sue Toledo over Municipal Sign Code
Civil Liberties Group Charges Ordinance Violates First Amendment
The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation will file suit in federal court today, seeking to declare the municipal sign code of Toledo unconstitutional. The suit will be brought on behalf of James Stamm, of South Toledo, who was prosecuted and fined earlier this year for displaying a yard sign that was critical of Read more…
Free Speech