Court Cases

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri has filed suit against the City of Poplar Bluff after the City’s public library disciplined a part-time employee who objected to participating in the promotion of a Harry Potter book.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri has filed suit against the City of St. George and the police officer whose threats to fabricate charges against a young motorist were captured on videotape.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri applauded a decision by a district court in Missouri allowing women prisoners in that state to access timely, safe, and legal abortion care.

The ACLU-EM filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of Army Specialist Anthony Collins of Charlie Company’s 327th Infantry Regiment, who encountered the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and was pepper-sprayed, forced to the ground, handcuffed, and arrested.

John Chasnoff requested a copy of the citizen complaint and internal affairs investigation related to police officers taking World Series tickets from scalpers as evidence, then giving the tickets to friends to use before returning them to the evidence locker.

The ACLU-EM represents Bill Wickersham and Eleanor Doyle in their effort to protect free speech rights at the annual Salute to Veterans Air Show held on the grounds of the Columbia, MO, Regional Airport each Memorial Day Weekend.

The ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a complaint on behalf of two parents with children in the South Iron schools.