The Legal Program handles cases that involve infringements upon constitutional rights and civil liberties. We represent individuals or classes of individuals whose cases will either serve to create new precedent or will result in general system-wide reform in favor of protecting and defending civil liberties.
In other situations, we may not file a lawsuit, but may write letters calling for changes or reforms.
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Nov 29, 1994
Langford v. Bullock
Jails and Prisons
The ACLU brought a class action suit on behalf of people incarcerated in Montana State Prison following the 1991 riot. The lawsuit challenged numerous areas of mistreatment of people at the prison,...
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Apr 21, 1993
Many Horses v. Racicot
Jails and Prisons
Status: Other
A class of women prisoners incarcerated at the Women's Correctional Center ("WCC") in Warm Springs, Montana, filed a class action lawsuit alleging violations of their First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment...
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Jun 13, 1986
Windy Boy v. Big Horn County
Voting Rights
This case challenged at-large elections for the County Commission of Big Horn County, Montana, as diluting Indigenous voting strength, allowing the white majority to control the outcome of elections, and...