Court Cases

The City of Wellston has failed to respond to the ACLU’s requests for documents pertaining to allegations that city officials have interfered with Wellston Police Department officers doing their jobs.

The ACLU of Missouri filed an amicus brief in an appeal from the dismissal of a married same-sex couple's divorce petition because the Court's decision will affect other gay and lesbian residents of Missouri and their children.

American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri Legal Director Tony Rothert sent a letter Oct. 8 to Todd A. Johnson of the Ozark Fire District informing him that the district is required to offer spousal benefits to its married employees, regardless of their sexual orientation.

Heidi Kennard’s lawsuit, filed on Jan. 21, 2014, challenges the enforcement of policies or customs that prevent her and others from marrying because one or both of the applicants could not comply with the requirement that both present themselves in person before a recorder of deeds.

On Nov. 10, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Bilgin Şaşmaz, a journalist with the Turkish Anadolu Agency who was on assignment covering the protests in Ferguson after the killing of Michael Brown.

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a permanent injunction that prohibits the city from enforcing its unconstitutional “noise” ordinance.

Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teen, was fatally shot August 9, 2014, by a member of the Ferguson Police Department.