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ACLU Demand letter to Management Systems on Behalf of Tanica Lewis (01/17/2007)

Sabbithi, et al. v. Al Saleh, et al.: Complaint and Jury Demand (01/17/2007)
Complaint in Sabbithi, et al. v. Al Saleh, et al.

Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Appellees Alliance for Open Society International, et al. v. U.S. Agency for International Development (12/21/2006)
Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Appellees Alliance for Open Society International, et al. v. U.S. Agency for International Development

Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A. - Exhibits in Support of Observations Concerning the Response of the United States Government (12/11/2006)

Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A. - Observations Concerning the Response of the United States Government (12/11/2006)

Declaration of Jessica Gonzales (12/06/2006)

Amicus Brief in Support of Plaintiff-Appellee in DKT International, Inc. v. United States Agency for International Development (11/14/2006)
The ACLU and other groups filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia emphasizing the damaging impact the global AIDS gag policy would have on public health worldwide. The groups also argue that the policy violates the free speech rights of U.S. organizations by restricting use of their private funds.

Jessica Gonzales v. USA - Government Response (09/25/2006)
U.S. Government Response to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Regarding Jessica Gonzales' Petition.

USA v. Brennan Decision (09/11/2006)
USA v. Brennan Decision

Summary Judgment Decision in U.S. v. New York City Board of Education (09/11/2006)

Simpson v. University of Colorado - Amicus Brief (08/24/2006)
On August 24, 2006 the ACLU Women’s Rights Project and Racial Justice Program, joined by the ACLU of Colorado, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Legal Momentum, the National Partnership for Women and Families, and many other leading civil rights and women’s rights organizations filed a brief as friends of the court in the matter of Simpson v. University of Colorado on behalf of the appellants Lisa Simpson and Anne Gilmore. Ms. Simpson and Ms. Gilmore were sexually assaulted by University of Colorado football players and recruits while they were students at the school. They sued the University for sexual harassment, but lost in the trial court. The ACLU brief argues that the University is liable under Title IX for the sexual assault of the appellants because the University was on notice of a pattern of sexual assault and harassment in the football program and acted with deliberate indifference to the ongoing culture of hostility and abuse of women. In September 2007 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found for the appellants and reversed the trial court’s summary judgment. In December 2007 the University of Colorado settled the case and agreed to pay Lisa Simpson $2.5 million, hire a new counselor for the Office of Victim’s Assistance and appoint an independent, outside Title IX advisor.