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.
Federal lawsuit challenging City Charter provisions that impose increased signature-gathering burdens, above and beyond what state law requires, on candidates who wish to run for local office. The...
This successful administrative complaint challenged a company’s on-line job application form that asked numerous intrusive personal questions.
Favorably-settled federal lawsuit challenging a police department’s illegal disclosure of a resident’s private driver’s license information to a town council member for political purposes.
Friend of the court” brief challenging a lower court’s dismissal of a case seeking remedial action against DCYF for the mistreatment of foster children in its care. Case Update: The court reversed the...