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.
In this amicus brief before the US Supreme Court, the ACLU urges the Court to keep the “community caretaking” exception confined to its historic, vehicle related origins and reject a broader standard that...
This is a successful federal lawsuit challenging a Portsmouth town ordinance that banned the posting of political signs on residential property.
This is a successful federal lawsuit challenging Rhode Island’s witness/notary requirements for voting by mail during the 2020 elections.
This is a successful motion to enforce a 1998 court judgment against Brown University for violating Title IX. In 1996, the ACLU filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of a challenge to Brown...