Cases

October 2023

Lawsuit Filed Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in Eugene

By |2023-10-24T15:04:12-07:00October 24th, 2023|Categories: Cases, News|Tags: , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 24, 2023
Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Civil Attorney Director; Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org

Advocates for the Unhoused File Lawsuit
Challenging Constitutionality of Local Park Rules in Eugene, Oregon

 

In the face of an ongoing housing crisis in Oregon, activists have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the […]

August 2023

Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial

By |2023-08-11T08:31:50-07:00August 11th, 2023|Categories: Cases, News|Tags: , , , |

 

August 8, 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Andy Ngo Loses Lawsuit: Portland Jury Finds No Fault for Two Activists in Civil Trial

Portland, Oregon—After seven days of trial, a 12-person Multnomah County (Portland) jury found no fault against activists John Hacker and Elizabeth Richter, in […]

June 2023

Lawsuit Filed on Eve of One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Dobbs Ruling

By |2023-06-23T18:23:32-07:00June 23rd, 2023|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, News|Tags: , , , , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 23, 2023

Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org

Lawsuit Filed on Eve of One-Year Anniversary of Supreme Court Dobbs Ruling:

Springfield Police Department Shows Pattern of Violence  Towards First Amendment Activities

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January 2023

City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate

By |2023-01-23T08:08:18-08:00January 20th, 2023|Categories: Cases, Featured, News|Tags: , , , , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 18, 2023

Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org

City of Eugene Drops Charges Against Houseless Advocate Who Spoke Out Against City Manager at the Downtown Riverfront Park Grand Opening

Eugene, Oregon—Sam Yergler, a Eugene resident and houseless advocate, was […]

November 2022

Rogue Climate and 350 Eugene challenge Oregon Titan Fusion Center, demanding enforcement of anti-surveillance law and an end to illegal surveillance of activists.

By |2022-11-16T09:57:02-08:00November 16th, 2022|Categories: Cases, News|Tags: , , , , , |

Media Notice:

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 16, 2022

Contact: Lauren Regan, Senior Attorney and Director

(541) 687-9180, lregan@cldc.org

 

Rogue Climate and 350 Eugene challenge Oregon Titan Fusion Center, demanding enforcement of anti-surveillance law and […]

July 2022

Firelight Press Conference

By |2022-07-14T12:38:08-07:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, News|

 

Last week we had an important victory for Indigenous sovereignty in Anishinaabe territory, so-called northern Minnesota.  Claire Glenn, the attorney fellow for the Line 3 Defense Project of the Civil Liberties Defense Center and Water Protector Legal Collective, won dismissal of the criminal charges for […]

Anishinaabe Water Protectors’ Cases Dismissed on Indigenous Sovereignty Grounds

By |2023-01-09T15:17:00-08:00July 6th, 2022|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, News, Protest|

ANISHINAABE WATER PROTECTORS’ CASES DISMISSED ON INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY GROUNDS

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

July 6, 2022

Contact:

Claire Glenn, Attorney-Fellow for the Line 3 Legal Defense Project

(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org

 

Three Indigenous Water Protectors have had their criminal […]

Jury Unable to Convict Stop the Sweeps Advocate for Asking Cops to Adhere to the Law

By |2022-07-01T14:10:33-07:00July 1st, 2022|Categories: Cases, Current Cases, News|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 1, 2022

Contact:
Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org

Jury Unable to Convict Stop the Sweeps Advocate for Asking Cops to Adhere to the Law: Judge declares mistrial after jury unable to come to a unanimous verdict

Eugene, Oregon—Nicholas Hollows, a Eugene resident […]

June 2022

Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court

By |2022-09-22T15:55:09-07:00June 23rd, 2022|Categories: Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , |

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2022

Contact:

Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180
info@cldc.org

Final Black Lives Matter activist arrested at Springfield protest exonerated in State Court

Eugene, OR — Today, moments before a jury was to hear opening statements, the Deputy Lane County District Attorney abruptly moved to dismiss all charges against racial justice […]

May 2022

Two Years Later: the struggle against police killings of Black people continues

By |2022-05-31T16:45:09-07:00May 31st, 2022|Categories: Articles, Cases, Featured, News, Protest|Tags: , , , , , , |

Eugene, OR –May 25 marked two years since the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin. Though not the last Black man killed by militarized police, the outrage and heartbreak that flowed from his death spurred an uprising that continues today. 

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