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ACLU of Southern California Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Arrest of Tenant Organizers in Pico Union HUD Apartments

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today filed a federal lawsuit Jose Sanchez vs Frank J.

February 2, 1998

ACLU Hails Victory as California Library Agrees to Remove Internet Filters From Public Computers

BAKERSFIELD Responding to a warning from the American Civil Liberties Union that mandatory use of Internet filtering software may result in a lawsuit, libraries in Kern County, California, were sent this directive late Tuesday: "Please unfilter your terminals immediately!"

January 28, 1998

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds District Court Decision Blocking California From Reducing Benefits to New Eligible Residents

In the first Circuit Court decision stopping a state from using the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act to reduce public benefits to new residents, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the June 4 ruling by U.S.

January 28, 1998

ACLU Warns of Legal Action if California Library Fails to Remove Internet Filters From Public Computers

BAKERSFIELD - In a letter sent today to city officials in Kern County, California, the American Civil Liberties Union said it may take legal action if officials do not remove Internet filtering software from public library computers within 10 days.

January 21, 1998

ACLU of Southern California Files Federal Lawsuit to Force MTA and Bus Company to Serve Disabled Bus Riders

The ACLU of Southern California today filed a federal lawsuit (Beauchamp vs Los Angeles County MTA) against the Metropolitan Transit Authority and a bus company, Ryder/ATE, Inc., on behalf of five disabled bus riders in Los Angeles County charging that these transportation agencies do not adequat

January 16, 1998

Partial Victory in Challenge to Official Prayer at Blythe School District

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California today announced a partial victory in Bacus vs Palo Verde Unified School District [EDCV 981 RT (VAPx)], a federal lawsuit filed January 6 on behalf of three teachers with the Palo Verde Unified School District in Blythe, California

January 12, 1998