At any given time, the ACLU of RI is involved in dozens of legal battles on behalf of civil liberties in the Ocean State. Below is a list of many the cases we have worked on. For our annual case dockets, click here.
Open meetings lawsuit challenging a school committee’s closed meeting to discuss a non-existent “Public Comment Lawsuit.” The suit was voluntarily dismissed after defendants averred that no discussion of...
“Friend of the court” brief challenging the constitutionality of a police search conducted on student athletes leaving a soccer match, based solely on the coach’s consent.
Favorably settled lawsuit against city officials for violating a state law that prohibits random drug testing in the workplace.
This was a successful federal lawsuit charging Providence police with violating the free speech rights of a local resident who was threatened with arrest for leafleting on a public sidewalk. The Rhode...