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.
Successful federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of various aspects of the state’s campaign finance law restricting the rights of individuals to campaign on ballot referenda questions.
“Friend of the court” brief in the U.S.Supreme Court on behalf of a Rhode Island resident challenging a Virginia law barring non-residents from invoking that state’s open records law. Case Update:...
This is a lawsuit in Superior Court against the state Department of Health (DOH) for making it more difficult for patients with debilitating medical conditions to participate in the state’s medical...
A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that makes it a felony for any person required to register as a sex offender to reside within 300 feet of any school.