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Amicus Brief of the Int'l Center for Technology Assessment, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, Greenpeace, and Council for Responsible Genetics (09/10/2009)

The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc. - Privacy Authors And Publishers' Objection To Proposed Settlement (09/08/2009)

Amicus Brief of the National Women's Health Network and Other Organizations (08/28/2009)

ACLU v. DHS - Complaint for Injunctive Relief (08/26/2009)

ACLU Freedom of Information Act Request for Records Maintained by Customs and Border Protection (06/10/2009)

BRCA - Complaint (05/12/2009)

ACLU Statement For The Record On Libel Tourism Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (02/12/2009)

ACLU, et al. v. Mukasey, et al. - Complaint (01/15/2009)

Letter to YouTube about protecting users from unfounded take-down demands (10/20/2008)

Letter to networks about YouTube take-down demands (10/20/2008)

ACLU v. Department of Justice - Complaint (07/01/2008)

Jarrar v. Harris, et al. - Complaint and Jury Demand (04/09/2008)

In re Bilski and Warsaw - ACLU Amicus Brief (04/03/2008)

Motion to Intervene in Bank Julius Baer v. Wikileaks (02/27/2008)

Craig v. State of Minnesota - Amicus Brief - Court of Appeals (01/15/2008)

Amici Curiae appeal brief in Minnesota v. Craig (01/15/2008)

Craig v. State of Minnesota - Amicus Brief - District Court (09/17/2007)

ACLU Letter Urging University of Colorado Board of Regents Not to Fire Professor Ward Churchill (07/19/2007)
The letter warns that firing Professor Churchill over the results of an investigation triggered by his unpopular views, which are clearly protected by the First Amendment, creates a dangerous precedent when it comes to repressing academic freedom and chilling public debate.

Rees v. Carlisle - Opinion of the Court (03/12/2007)

Green Party of Connecticut, et al. v. Jeffrey Garfield, et al. - Complaint (07/06/2006)

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