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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Circle of the Blue Moon v. Kinser (2004)

Status: Won

Represented several organizations and an Oldham Co. resident in a suit involving fair and equal treatment of courthouse law displays. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Adland v. Rust {later Adland v. Abbot} (2004)

Challenged the constitutionalty of a joint resolution enacted by the 2000 Kentucky General Assembly requiring the placement of a six-foot-by-four-foot Ten Commandments monument on state capitol...

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

ACLU of Kentucky, Lee, and Durham v. Pulaski County; ACLU of Kentucky, Walker, and Howe v. McCreary County; Doe v. Harlan County School District (2004)

Status: Won

Three consolidated suits that challenged the posting of the Ten Commandments in county government buildings (two courthouses and one school). 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Boyd County Gay - Straight Alliance v. Boyd County School District (2004)

LGBTQ+ Equality
Status: Won

Represented the Boyd County Gay-Straight Alliance together with the national ACLU's Lesbian and Gay Rights Project to challenge the school system's refusal to allow the GSA to meet. Case permitted the...

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Embry v. City of Cloverport (2004)

Status: Won

Represented four Cloverport residents in challenge to city's overnight curfew law prohibiting anyone from being on the city streets late at night, unless they were at work, en route to or from work,...

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Wooden gavel
Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Gable and Sebastian v. Jones (1994)

Status: Historic

Challenging aspects of Kentucky's gubernatorial election and campaign finance laws. 

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