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Downtown Hope Center v. Municipality of Anchorage II

Sherrie Laurie, executive director of the Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage, Alaska

Summary

Anchorage officials are once again using an ordinance to force the Downtown Hope Center’s shelter to admit males and let them sleep alongside women who have suffered physical and sexual abuse. The ordinance also shuts down the center’s ability to communicate about its religious beliefs on its website and on other signs posted around the center.

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Case Documents

Court

Title

Date

Trial Court

Stipulation of voluntary dismissal

10/11/2022

Trial Court

Order re: defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of standing

12/20/2021

Trial Court

Opposition to defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of standing

9/13/2021

Trial Court

Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction and memorandum in support

7/16/2021

Trial Court

6/30/2021

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