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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Spear v. Sowders (1991)

Status: Historic

Challenged a strip and body cavity search by prison officials. Client was forced to submit to a vaginal and anal body cavity search as a condition for visiting her boyfriend on Christmas Day. ...

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Brock v. Jefferson County (1991)

Status: Historic

Case alleging abuse by Jefferson County Police for leaving a man face down in water with his hands cuffed back behind his back. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Ater v. Armstrong (1992)

Status: Historic

Kentucky man affiliated with the Klan was barred from distributing political literature to passing motorists. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Canedy v. Hardin County Board (1990)

Status: Historic

Case challenged racial discrimination by a teacher in Hardin County. 

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Commonwealth v. Welch (1990)

Reproductive Freedom Project
Status: Historic

A prescription drug addict was convicted of child abuse and sentenced to five years in prison for using drugs while pregnant. ACLU organized and filed an (amicus) brief on behalf of health professions...

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Wooden gavel
Nov 21, 2017

Doe v. City of Owensboro (1988)

Reproductive Freedom Project
Status: Historic

Challenged statute and hospital policy barring a cancer patient from obtaining an abortion at a local public hospital. 

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