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.
Successfully settled racial discrimination complaint on behalf of a Puerto Rican temporary custodian who was passed over for a permanent position after he “failed” a newly-devised written test.
“Friend of the court” brief supporting the right of a criminal defendant to withdraw his nolo plea to a misdemeanor offense because he was not informed that the consequences of such a plea would be...
Favorably settled federal lawsuit challenging the summary suspension of a high school student based solely on the content of a “free write” composition.
This long-running class-action lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of conditions at the state Training School. A comprehensive, revised consent decree was approved by the court, and after years of...