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.
A class-action lawsuit charging that the state’s truancy court system is devoid of due process protections in violation of state and federal law. Filed in the Rhode Island Superior Court against a number of...
“Friend of the court” brief opposing efforts by DCYF to eliminate Family Court oversight of 18-to-21 year olds in the agency’s care.
Open records lawsuit challenging the Central Falls police department’s refusal to release the report regarding the fatal shooting of a local resident by police. A court ordered release of the records.
...Federal lawsuit challenging a town’s actions in repeatedly removing a political candidate’s signs from private property. The court ruled unconstitutional the statute under which the actions were purportedly...