At the Courthouse

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. Our 2003 case docket confirms and commemorates that image.

Listed below are links to some recent press releases about litigation that the ACLU has been involved with in one way or another in recent months.

• September 16, 2004: Court Order Declares Lincoln School Committee Election a "Nullity"

• September 14, 2004: ACLU Asks Court to Void Lincoln School Committee "Preliminary" Election

• August 27, 2004: ACLU Files Free Speech Suit On Behalf of Rejected Teacher Applicant in Lincoln

• August 10, 2004: Court Rules that Trial Can Proceed in ACLU's Racial Profiling Suit Against Scituate Police

• July 29, 2004: ACLU, Alleging Free Speech Violations, Sues Coventry Fire District for Third Time

• July 20, 2004: ACLU Files Brief in Support of Sanctioned Attornyes in Cornel Young, Jr. Civil Rights Case

• July 19, 2004: ACLU Files Complaint With Justice Department Over Lack of Court Interpreters For Defendants