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“Because the one thing they will never have that we have is numbers, and moral high ground. Most of us are doing this […]
MORTON COUNTY POLICE OFFICER SHOOTS RECENT COLLEGE GRAD AT STANDING ROCK PROTESTS FROM A GUN TURRET, BLOWS UP HER ARM; NORTH DAKOTA COURT RULING DISMISSES THE CIVIL RIGHTS CASE– MISSES THE MARK.
This federal civil rights lawsuit was filed in November […]
Joan Norman was an activist cut from the cloth of the civil rights, anti-war, anti-nuke movement of the 60’s, and was 72 years old when she put her body in front of rolling timber trucks to stop the Biscuit post-fire salvage timber sale in the early Spring chill within the […]
Christiansburg, Virginia
This morning, February 23, 2024, the Montgomery County Circuit Court ruled in favor of nonprofit organization Rising Tide North America, dismissing a SLAPP (SLAPP—Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation—meant to silence critics and dissent) lawsuit against them filed by oil pipeline corporation Mountain Valley Pipeline.
Today the court […]
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October 24, 2023
Contact: Marianne Dugan, Senior Civil Attorney Director; Sarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney
(541) 687-9180 or info@cldc.org
In the face of an ongoing housing crisis in Oregon, activists have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the […]
August 8, 2023
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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 […]
Every summer, CLDC is honored to host future movement attorneys as part of our law clerk program. We believe lawyers have much to contribute to movements outside of the courtroom and hope their time with CLDC as clerks prepares them for that important work. As part of our clerk […]
Every summer, CLDC is honored to host future movement attorneys as part of our law clerk program. This year our clerks are an impressive group. Many of them went to law school after years of movement involvement with the hopes of expanding their impact.
We invited B, a third-year law […]
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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Having been an activist in high school and college, I went to law school because I wanted to be as useful as possible in order to save the planet and its inhabitants. After a few years as an environmental lawyer suing the Forest Service and other governmental agencies, […]
