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ACLU/SC Wins First Amendment Case Allowing California Klan to Use Public Forum

The ACLU of Southern California won a quick First Amendment victory over the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which attempted to deny the Ku Klux Klan the use of a public forum under its jurisdiction in Riverside.

November 15, 2002

ACLU/SC Claims Landmark Victory In Airport Screeners Case

LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a coalition of civil rights groups by ruling that their constitutional challenge to the government's exclusion of qualified non-c

November 14, 2002

ACLU/SC Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reject California

LOS ANGELES - In arguments before the U.S.

November 5, 2002

ACLU/SC Calls On Los Angeles City Attorney To Respect Valley Secession Supporters

LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today called on Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to respect the First Amendment rights of Valley secession supporters to distribute information on Proposition F, the upcoming ballot measure that would grant the Val

October 31, 2002

Judge Rules ACLU/SC Discrimination Suit Against United Airlines To Go Forward

LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge has denied a motion to dismiss a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging that United Airlines discriminated against a passenger.

October 11, 2002

Class Action Williams Education Suit Enters New Phase of Litigation

LOS ANGELES - Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, together with other public interest groups and the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, who represent a class of over two million California school children, submitted expert testimony on the conditions many of Calif

October 10, 2002