Court Cases

While the Rhode Island ACLU has a strong legislative and public education program, the organization is most widely known for its litigative activities. The image of the volunteer ACLU lawyer rushing into court to vindicate an important civil right is, not without reason, firmly entrenched in the public mind.

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Our list of "Top 50 Cases" (PDF) gives an overview of the types of cases we have taken over our 50 year history in Rhode Island.

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